Bug 684396

Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant from 'write' accesses on the netlink_socket Unknown.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Matěj Cepl <mcepl>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 15CC: dwalsh, mcepl, mgrepl, ry
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.9.16-5.fc15 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Matěj Cepl 2011-03-12 09:10:06 UTC
SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant from 'write' accesses on the netlink_socket Unknown.

Actually I have no idea, how this happened. Just found this in sealert -b list. Yes I am connected to the network via WiFi almost all the time.

*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests  ***************************

If you believe that wpa_supplicant should be allowed write access on the Unknown netlink_socket by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# grep wpa_supplicant /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol
# semodule -i mypol.pp

Additional Information:
Source Context                system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Objects                Unknown [ netlink_socket ]
Source                        wpa_supplicant
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant
Port                          <Neznámé>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-4.fc15
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.9.16-1.fc15
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.38-0.rc8.git0.1.fc15.x86_64 #1
                              SMP Tue Mar 8 08:22:15 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   410
First Seen                    Čt 10. březen 2011, 07:42:12 CET
Last Seen                     So 12. březen 2011, 10:07:56 CET
Local ID                      97a09e92-1099-483d-87c7-0ad86313eedf

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1299920876.246:2995): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=1371 comm="wpa_supplicant" scontext=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=netlink_socket


type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1299920876.246:2995): arch=x86_64 syscall=sendmsg success=yes exit=ENOSPC a0=5 a1=7fff1b646800 a2=0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=1371 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=wpa_supplicant exe=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant subj=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)

Hash: wpa_supplicant,NetworkManager_t,NetworkManager_t,netlink_socket,write

audit2allow

#============= NetworkManager_t ==============
allow NetworkManager_t self:netlink_socket write;

audit2allow -R

#============= NetworkManager_t ==============
allow NetworkManager_t self:netlink_socket write;

Comment 1 Miroslav Grepl 2011-03-14 08:46:16 UTC
Fixed in selinux-policy-3.9.16-4.fc15

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-03-17 15:28:52 UTC
selinux-policy-3.9.16-5.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.9.16-5.fc15

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-03-19 05:53:03 UTC
selinux-policy-3.9.16-5.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.