Bug 799221

Summary: Allow PostgreSQL to talk to self over dblink -- AVC denial
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jan Pazdziora <jpazdziora>
Component: selinux-policy-targetedAssignee: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.10.0-80.fc16 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Jan Pazdziora 2012-03-02 07:22:16 UTC
Description of problem:

When dblink is used with no host specified, PostgreSQL server tries to connect to itself over the socket in /tmp. It leads to AVC denial.

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

# rpm -q selinux-policy postgresql-server postgresql-contrib
selinux-policy-3.10.0-75.fc16.noarch
postgresql-server-9.1.2-2.fc16.i686
postgresql-contrib-9.1.2-2.fc16.i686

How reproducible:

Deterministic.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. # yum install -y postgresql-server postgresql-contrib
2. # postgresql-setup initdb
3. # service postgresql start
4. # su - postgres
5. $ psql
6. postgres=# create extension dblink;
7. postgres=# select * from dblink('dbname=' || current_database(), 'select 1') as x(i numeric);
8. # grep AVC /var/log/audit/audit.log
  
Actual results:

postgres=# select * from dblink('dbname=' || current_database(), 'select 1') as x(i numeric);;
ERROR:  could not establish connection
DETAIL:  could not connect to server: Permission denied
	Is the server running locally and accepting
	connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

type=AVC msg=audit(1330672651.814:210): avc:  denied  { connectto } for  pid=7075 comm="postgres" path="/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" scontext=system_u:system_r:postgresql_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:postgresql_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

Expected results:

postgres=# select * from dblink('dbname=' || current_database(), 'select 1') as x(i numeric);
 i 
---
 1
(1 row)

which you get when you switch to permissive, and no AVC denial.

Additional info:

In Spacewalk SELinux policy, adding

optional_policy(`
        gen_require(`
                type postgresql_t;
        ')
        allow postgresql_t self:unix_stream_socket { connectto };
')

fixed the problem for us on RHEL 5, 6, Fedora 15, 16.

Comment 1 Miroslav Grepl 2012-03-02 08:40:13 UTC
commit 659cb46cd208fa1750ea930847bf75dbb28355ec
Author: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Date:   Fri Mar 2 10:33:24 2012 +0000

    Make PostgreSQL working when dblink is used with no host specified


Also added to RHEL.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-03-13 12:25:13 UTC
selinux-policy-3.10.0-80.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-2733/selinux-policy-3.10.0-80.fc16

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-03-21 02:24:18 UTC
Package selinux-policy-3.10.0-80.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing selinux-policy-3.10.0-80.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-2733/selinux-policy-3.10.0-80.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-03-24 00:36:26 UTC
selinux-policy-3.10.0-80.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.