Bug 654249

Summary:

SELinux is preventing /bin/cat "read" access on /var/log/maillog-20101115.

Detailed Description:

[SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.]

SELinux denied access requested by cat. It is not expected that this access is
required by cat and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also
possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is
causing it to require additional access.

Allowing Access:

You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Please file a bug
report.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s15:c0.c1023
Target Objects                /var/log/maillog-20101115 [ file ]
Source                        cat
Source Path                   /bin/cat
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           coreutils-8.5-7.fc14
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.9.7-11.fc14
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   mls
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.35.8-59.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue
                              Nov 16 03:32:03 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   1
First Seen                    Wed 17 Nov 2010 11:23:07 AM CET
Last Seen                     Wed 17 Nov 2010 11:23:07 AM CET
Local ID                      324034a2-95de-4fc1-8cd6-0d0413f9cf01
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1289989387.676:32086): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=9315 comm="cat" name="maillog-20101115" dev=dm-3 ino=15576 scontext=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s15:c0.c1023 tclass=file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1289989387.676:32086): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes exit=3 a0=7fffb125be3d a1=0 a2=2d a3=a items=0 ppid=9314 pid=9315 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=19 comm="cat" exe="/bin/cat" subj=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  catchall,cat,logwatch_t,var_log_t,file,read
audit2allow suggests:

#============= logwatch_t ==============
#!!!! This avc is a constraint violation.  You will need to add an attribute to either the source or target type to make it work.
#Contraint rule: 
allow logwatch_t var_log_t:file read;