Description of problem: It happens when some system utility want to send email. In this case it is /usr/sbin/smartd which wants to send an email when I unplug my usb disk unit. /usr/sbin/sendmail is via /etc/alternative indirect symbolic link to /usr/sbin/ssmtp SELinux is preventing sendmail from using the 'dac_override' capabilities. ***** Plugin dac_override (91.4 confidence) suggests ********************** If you want to help identify if domain needs this access or you have a file with the wrong permissions on your system Then turn on full auditing to get path information about the offending file and generate the error again. Do Turn on full auditing # auditctl -w /etc/shadow -p w Try to recreate AVC. Then execute # ausearch -m avc -ts recent If you see PATH record check ownership/permissions on file, and fix it, otherwise report as a bugzilla. ***** Plugin catchall (9.59 confidence) suggests ************************** If you believe that sendmail should have the dac_override capability 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: # ausearch -c 'sendmail' --raw | audit2allow -M my-sendmail # semodule -X 300 -i my-sendmail.pp Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0 Target Context system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0 Target Objects Unknown [ capability ] Source sendmail Source Path sendmail Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.14.1-30.fc28.noarch Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Permissive Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 4.16.13-300.fc28.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May 30 14:31:00 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 1 First Seen 2018-06-03 12:46:46 CEST Last Seen 2018-06-03 12:46:46 CEST Local ID b232088c-9bbb-4469-b134-aa8d3b41fe91 Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1528022806.495:208): avc: denied { dac_override } for pid=1850 comm="sendmail" capability=1 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0 tclass=capability permissive=1 Hash: sendmail,system_mail_t,system_mail_t,capability,dac_override Version-Release number of selected component: selinux-policy-3.14.1-30.fc28.noarch Additional info: component: selinux-policy reporter: libreport-2.9.5 hashmarkername: setroubleshoot kernel: 4.16.13-300.fc28.x86_64 type: libreport
selinux-policy-3.14.1-32.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-743a9247de
selinux-policy-3.14.1-32.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-743a9247de
selinux-policy-3.14.1-32.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.