Bug 974738

Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugin-container from 'unlink' accesses on the file /root/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/settings.sxx.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Sherman <tecnosoluciones.gm>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: dominick.grift, dwalsh, mgrepl
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Description Sherman 2013-06-15 07:01:48 UTC
Description of problem:
SELinux is preventing /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugin-container from 'unlink' accesses on the file /root/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/settings.sxx.

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

If you believe that plugin-container should be allowed unlink access on the settings.sxx file 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 plugin-containe /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol
# semodule -i mypol.pp

Additional Information:
Source Context                unconfined_u:unconfined_r:mozilla_plugin_t:s0-s0:c
                              0.c1023
Target Context                unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0
Target Objects                /root/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/supp
                              ort/flashplayer/sys/settings.sxx [ file ]
Source                        plugin-containe
Source Path                   /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugin-container
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           xulrunner-21.0-4.fc17.i686
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.10.0-169.fc17.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 3.8.13-100.fc17.i686 #1 SMP Mon
                              May 13 13:51:09 UTC 2013 i686 i686
Alert Count                   13
First Seen                    2013-06-15 03:59:36 UYT
Last Seen                     2013-06-15 03:59:37 UYT
Local ID                      747c5101-eb87-4150-8920-46caedda5117

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1371279577.685:127): avc:  denied  { unlink } for  pid=2127 comm="plugin-containe" name="settings.sxx" dev="dm-1" ino=1048621 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:mozilla_plugin_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 tclass=file


type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1371279577.685:127): arch=i386 syscall=unlink success=no exit=EACCES a0=b4d93180 a1=0 a2=b5f9e688 a3=bfb1f5ac items=0 ppid=2064 pid=2127 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 ses=1 tty=(none) comm=plugin-containe exe=/usr/lib/xulrunner/plugin-container subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:mozilla_plugin_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)

Hash: plugin-containe,mozilla_plugin_t,admin_home_t,file,unlink

audit2allow

#============= mozilla_plugin_t ==============
allow mozilla_plugin_t admin_home_t:file unlink;

audit2allow -R

#============= mozilla_plugin_t ==============
allow mozilla_plugin_t admin_home_t:file unlink;


Additional info:
hashmarkername: setroubleshoot
kernel:         3.8.13-100.fc17.i686
type:           libreport

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2013-06-15 10:43:27 UTC
You should never run firefox as root,  this is not supported by SELinux.  THis is very dangerous.