Bug 518998

Description of problem:

Summary:

SELinux is preventing mailx (sendmail_t) "read" inotify (inotifyfs_t).

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by the mailx command. It looks like this is
either a leaked descriptor or mailx output was redirected to a file it is not
allowed to access. Leaks usually can be ignored since SELinux is just closing
the leak and reporting the error. The application does not use the descriptor,
so it will run properly. If this is a redirection, you will not get output in
the inotify. You should generate a bugzilla on selinux-policy, and it will get
routed to the appropriate package. You can safely ignore this avc.

Allowing Access:

You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385)

Additional Information:

Source Context                unconfined_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:inotifyfs_t:s0
Target Objects                inotify [ dir ]
Source                        mailx
Source Path                   /bin/mailx
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           mailx-12.4-3.fc12
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.28-5.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   leaks
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.31-0.125.4.2.rc5.git2.fc12.i686
                              #1 SMP Tue Aug 11 21:20:05 EDT 2009 i686 i686
Alert Count                   8
First Seen                    Sat 15 Aug 2009 03:35:44 PM EDT
Last Seen                     Sat 15 Aug 2009 04:11:35 PM EDT
Local ID                      2e34d5dd-dbba-4c15-8989-b9e49cf7ea59
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1250367095.123:85): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=2446 comm="mailx" path="inotify" dev=inotifyfs ino=1 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:inotifyfs_t:s0 tclass=dir

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1250367095.123:85): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=2446 comm="mailx" path="/var/run/abrt.lock" dev=dm-0 ino=344298 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:abrt_var_run_t:s0 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1250367095.123:85): arch=40000003 syscall=11 success=yes exit=0 a0=9f01e70 a1=9f01ee8 a2=9f01250 a3=9f01ee8 items=0 ppid=2239 pid=2446 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=1 comm="mailx" exe="/bin/mailx" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:sendmail_t:s0 key=(null)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install abrt and configure it for Mailx plugin
  (abrt.conf: Mailx has to be in EnabledPlugins
  in AnalyzerActionsAndReporters
  CCpp = Mailx )
   
2. generate a crash, run abrt-gui (or click tray icon)
3. click on "Report", then "Send"
 
  
Actual results:
AVC denial

Expected results:
mail sent

Additional info: