Bug 716956

Summary: MLS avc: denied { getattr } for ... comm="crond" path="/etc/krb5.conf" ... scontext=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:krb5_conf_t:s0 tclass=file
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Milos Malik <mmalik>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Milos Malik <mmalik>
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Version: 5.7CC: dwalsh
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Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-2.4.6-317.el5 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Milos Malik 2011-06-27 14:56:12 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-devel-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-strict-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-minimum-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-targeted-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-mls-2.4.6-316.el5

How reproducible:
generated automatically each hour

Steps to Reproduce:
1. get a freshly installed RHEL-5.7 machine with MLS policy in enforcing mode
2. log in as root via console
3. AVCs appear automatically each hour (07:01:01,08:01:01,09:01:01 etc.)
  
Actual results:
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time->Mon Jun 27 08:01:01 2011
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1309176061.148:95): arch=c0000032 syscall=1210 success=no exit=-13 a0=2000000800511b00 a1=60000fffffb94770 a2=130 a3=0 items=0 ppid=4029 pid=4997 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=3 comm="crond" exe="/usr/sbin/crond" subj=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-0-s15:c0.c1023 key=(null)
type=AVC msg=audit(1309176061.148:95): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=4997 comm="crond" path="/etc/krb5.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=36503783 scontext=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:krb5_conf_t:s0 tclass=fifile
----

Expected results:
* no AVCs

Comment 1 Miroslav Grepl 2011-06-27 16:32:02 UTC
We need to add 

auth_use_nsswitch(crond_t)

Comment 2 Miroslav Grepl 2011-09-29 11:31:44 UTC
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.4.6-317.el5

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 05:47:09 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-2012-0158.html