Bug 709345

Summary:	/sbin/auditctl -l returns 0 even if it fails due to dropped capabilities
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Eduard Benes <ebenes>
Component:	audit	Assignee:	Steve Grubb <sgrubb>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Ondrej Moriš <omoris>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	jwest, omoris
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	audit-2.1.3-1.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2011-12-06 18:20:08 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	584498, 730904, 846801, 846802

Description Eduard Benes 2011-05-31 12:47:14 UTC

Description of problem:
auditctl -l returns 0 even if it fails due to dropperd capabilities.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
audit-2.1-5.el6

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
# capsh --drop=cap_dac_override,cap_audit_control --
# auditctl -l 
Error sending rule list data request (Operation not permitted)
# echo $?
0
  
Actual results:
Returns 0 even if the operation is not permitted

Expected results:
Non-zero value if the operation is not permitted

Additional info:
# auditctl -D
Error sending rule list data request (Operation not permitted)
# echo $?
255
# auditctl -a exit,always -F subj_clr=s0:c36,c446
Error sending status request (Operation not permitted)
Error sending add rule data request (Operation not permitted)
# echo $?
255
# auditctl -d exit,always -F subj_clr=s0:c36,c446
Error sending status request (Operation not permitted)
Error sending delete rule data request (Operation not permitted)
# echo $?
255

Comment 1 Steve Grubb 2011-06-01 18:25:35 UTC

Fixed in upstream commit:
https://fedorahosted.org/audit/changeset/539

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2011-08-04 20:30:08 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.

Comment 5 Steve Grubb 2011-08-15 20:50:41 UTC

This was addressed in audit-2.1.3-1.el6

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 18:20:08 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1739.html