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Bug 1420612 - Selinux denies directory server access to create dir in var lock
Summary: Selinux denies directory server access to create dir in var lock
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 7.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Lukas Vrabec
QA Contact: Milos Malik
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-02-09 04:46 UTC by wibrown@redhat.com
Modified: 2017-08-01 15:22 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.13.1-164.el7
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Last Closed: 2017-08-01 15:22:43 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:1861 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE selinux-policy bug fix update 2017-08-01 17:50:24 UTC

Description wibrown@redhat.com 2017-02-09 04:46:53 UTC 
Description of problem:
[william@victoria]~/development/389ds% sudo ausearch -ts recent | grep -i deni
type=AVC msg=audit(1486614952.326:3591): avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28259 comm="ns-slapd" scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process
type=AVC msg=audit(1486614952.694:3641): avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28259 comm="ns-slapd" name="imports" scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir
type=AVC msg=audit(1486614981.494:3649): avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28285 comm="ns-slapd" scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process
type=AVC msg=audit(1486614981.787:3656): avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28285 comm="ns-slapd" name="imports" scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir
type=AVC msg=audit(1486615311.083:8192): avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28420 comm="ns-slapd" scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process
type=AVC msg=audit(1486615311.459:8242): avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28420 comm="ns-slapd" name="imports" scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir
type=AVC msg=audit(1486615465.524:12908): avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28596 comm="ns-slapd" scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process
type=AVC msg=audit(1486615465.918:12958): avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28596 comm="ns-slapd" name="imports" scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir


Directory Server needs the ability to create the directories in var_lock_t (/var/lock/dirsrv/)

Please add the policy to dirsrv.te to allow this.
Comment 1 Milos Malik 2017-02-09 07:49:46 UTC 
Could you switch the dirsrv_t domain to permissive, re-run your scenario and collect SELinux denials?

# semanage permissive -a dirsrv_t
(re-run your scenario)
# ausearch -m avc -m user_avc -m selinux_err -m user_selinux_err -i -ts today

Please attach the output of the last command here.
Comment 2 Milos Malik 2017-02-09 08:06:30 UTC 
The /var/lock/dirsrv directory should be labeled dirsrv_var_lock_t:

# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
# matchpathcon /var/lock/dirsrv
/var/lock/dirsrv	system_u:object_r:dirsrv_var_lock_t:s0
# 

But an appropriate type transition rule for a newly created directory is missing (true for RHEL-7.2, RHEL-7.3 and RHEL-7.4 nightly):

# sesearch -s dirsrv_t -t var_lock_t -T
Found 1 semantic te rules:
   type_transition dirsrv_t var_lock_t : file dirsrv_var_lock_t; 

#

As you can see, the directory does not exist after installation (yum -y install /var/lock/dirsrv):

# rpm -qf /var/lock/dirsrv
389-ds-base-1.3.4.0-19.el7.x86_64
# ls -dZ /var/lock/dirsrv
ls: cannot access /var/lock/dirsrv: No such file or directory
#

This needs to be fixed in selinux-policy. The request from comment#1 should reveal additional SELinux denials.
Comment 3 wibrown@redhat.com 2017-02-09 08:08:08 UTC 
That is permissive. 

[root@victoria]/home/william/development/389ds/lib389# ausearch -m avc -m user_avc -m selinux_err -m user_selinux_err -i -ts today | grep -i dirsrv_t | grep avc
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:35:52.326:3591) : avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28259 comm=ns-slapd scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:35:52.694:3641) : avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28259 comm=ns-slapd name=imports scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:36:21.494:3649) : avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28285 comm=ns-slapd scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:36:21.787:3656) : avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28285 comm=ns-slapd name=imports scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:41:51.083:8192) : avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28420 comm=ns-slapd scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:41:51.459:8242) : avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28420 comm=ns-slapd name=imports scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:44:25.524:12908) : avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28596 comm=ns-slapd scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:44:25.918:12958) : avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28596 comm=ns-slapd name=imports scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:48:32.976:17642) : avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=28775 comm=ns-slapd scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 14:48:33.329:17692) : avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=28775 comm=ns-slapd name=imports scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 18:01:40.173:22567) : avc:  denied  { setrlimit } for  pid=30331 comm=ns-slapd scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tclass=process 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 18:01:40.579:22617) : avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=30331 comm=ns-slapd name=imports scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir 
type=AVC msg=audit(09/02/17 18:02:50.646:22846) : avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=30424 comm=ns-slapd name=imports scontext=system_u:system_r:dirsrv_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lock_t:s0 tclass=dir
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 15:22:43 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.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1861
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