Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1275246
SELinux prevents redis-sentinel from writing to /etc/redis-sentinel.conf
Last modified: 2016-11-03 22:23:48 EDT
Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): redis-2.8.21-1.el7ost.x86_64 selinux-policy-3.13.1-60.el7.noarch selinux-policy-devel-3.13.1-60.el7.noarch selinux-policy-doc-3.13.1-60.el7.noarch selinux-policy-minimum-3.13.1-60.el7.noarch selinux-policy-mls-3.13.1-60.el7.noarch selinux-policy-sandbox-3.13.1-60.el7.noarch selinux-policy-targeted-3.13.1-60.el7.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. get a RHEL-7.2 machine 2. service redis-sentinel start 3. search for SELinux denials Actual results (enforcing mode): ---- time->Mon Oct 26 00:47:26 2015 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1445816846.705:97): arch=c000003e syscall=21 success=no exit=-13 a0=7fd6a48110a8 a1=2 a2=29 a3=3a items=0 ppid=1 pid=31198 auid=4294967295 uid=992 gid=990 euid=992 suid=992 fsuid=992 egid=990 sgid=990 fsgid=990 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="redis-sentinel" exe="/usr/bin/redis-server" subj=system_u:system_r:redis_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC msg=audit(1445816846.705:97): avc: denied { write } for pid=31198 comm="redis-sentinel" name="redis-sentinel.conf" dev="dm-0" ino=135827335 scontext=system_u:system_r:redis_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file ---- Actual results (permissive mode): ---- type=PATH msg=audit(10/26/2015 12:09:21.760:168) : item=0 name=/etc/redis-sentinel.conf inode=17489075 dev=fd:03 mode=file,644 ouid=redis ogid=root rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 objtype=NORMAL type=CWD msg=audit(10/26/2015 12:09:21.760:168) : cwd=/tmp type=SYSCALL msg=audit(10/26/2015 12:09:21.760:168) : arch=x86_64 syscall=access success=yes exit=0 a0=0x7f997a0ba068 a1=W_OK a2=0x1a a3=0x3a items=1 ppid=1 pid=3109 auid=unset uid=redis gid=redis euid=redis suid=redis fsuid=redis egid=redis sgid=redis fsgid=redis tty=(none) ses=unset comm=redis-sentinel exe=/usr/bin/redis-server subj=system_u:system_r:redis_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC msg=audit(10/26/2015 12:09:21.760:168) : avc: denied { write } for pid=3109 comm=redis-sentinel name=redis-sentinel.conf dev="vda3" ino=17489075 scontext=system_u:system_r:redis_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file ---- type=SOCKADDR msg=audit(10/26/2015 12:09:21.761:169) : saddr=inet host:127.0.0.1 serv:6379 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(10/26/2015 12:09:21.761:169) : arch=x86_64 syscall=connect success=no exit=-115(Operation now in progress) a0=0x6 a1=0x7f997a0b31b0 a2=0x10 a3=0x0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=3109 auid=unset uid=redis gid=redis euid=redis suid=redis fsuid=redis egid=redis sgid=redis fsgid=redis tty=(none) ses=unset comm=redis-sentinel exe=/usr/bin/redis-server subj=system_u:system_r:redis_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC msg=audit(10/26/2015 12:09:21.761:169) : avc: denied { name_connect } for pid=3109 comm=redis-sentinel dest=6379 scontext=system_u:system_r:redis_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:redis_port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket ---- Expected results: * no SELinux denials
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. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2283.html