Bug 247157 - SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd (nfsd_t) "getattr" access to device /dev/megadev0
Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd (nfsd_t) "getattr" access to devic...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy-targeted
Version: 7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-07-05 17:47 UTC by Anthony Messina
Modified: 2008-06-17 01:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-06-17 01:48:13 UTC
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Description Anthony Messina 2007-07-05 17:47:04 UTC
Description of problem:
I receive the following error when nfs is started in Fedora 7 with SELinux
enforcing.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-23.fc7

How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup nfs, with one share using a megadev device (hardware raid)
2. Restart nfs
  
Actual results:
SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd (nfsd_t) "getattr" access to device
/dev/megadev0

Expected results:
I'm guessing that the /dev/megadev* entries should have a type of
fixed_disk_device_t, as all of the other filesystem devices do, but there is not
entry for that in the file_contexts file.

Additional info:
avc: denied { getattr } for comm="rpc.mountd" dev=tmpfs egid=0 euid=0
exe="/usr/sbin/rpc.mountd" exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0
name="megadev0" path="/dev/megadev0" pid=2256
scontext=system_u:system_r:nfsd_t:s0 sgid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:nfsd_t:s0
suid=0 tclass=chr_file tcontext=system_u:object_r:device_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2007-07-06 14:32:10 UTC
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.6.4-27

Comment 2 Anthony Messina 2007-07-24 00:45:42 UTC
thank you.  whatever change you made seems to work.  question though:

why the context:
/dev/megadev.*  -c      system_u:object_r:removable_device_t:s0

i guess "removable device" seems weird for my 8 port megaraid card that would
hardly be considered "removable".

anyway.  thanks.

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 13:25:22 UTC
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2008-06-17 01:48:10 UTC
Fedora 7 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on June 13, 2008. 
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