Bug 426668 - SELinux denies access to modprobe when clicking a link from thunderbird for opening in firefox.
Summary: SELinux denies access to modprobe when clicking a link from thunderbird for o...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 7
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Daniel Walsh
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-12-24 02:04 UTC by Shayin C K
Modified: 2007-12-24 12:24 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: Current
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2007-12-24 12:24:47 UTC
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Description Shayin C K 2007-12-24 02:04:23 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Whenever I try to open Firefox from clicking a link in email in Thunderbird
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Actual results:
SELinux denies access to modprobe:
Summary
    SELinux is preventing /sbin/modprobe (insmod_t) "sys_nice" to <Unknown>
    (insmod_t).

Detailed Description
    SELinux denied access requested by /sbin/modprobe. It is not expected that
    this access is required by /sbin/modprobe and this access may signal an
    intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or
    configuration of the application is causing it to require additional access.

Allowing Access
    You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see
    http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385 Or you can disable
    SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not
    recommended. Please file a http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi
    against this package.

Additional Information        

Source Context                system_u:system_r:insmod_t
Target Context                system_u:system_r:insmod_t
Target Objects                None [ capability ]
Affected RPM Packages         module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre11.1.0.fc7
                              [application]
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-2.6.4-8.fc7
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   plugins.catchall
Host Name                     localhost.localdomain
Platform                      Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.8-34.fc7 #1 SMP
                              Thu Nov 22 23:05:33 EST 2007 i686 athlon
Alert Count                   20
First Seen                    Tue 11 Dec 2007 09:22:31 AM IST
Last Seen                     Mon 24 Dec 2007 07:15:21 AM IST
Local ID                      f67d0687-cbfd-4d10-8aff-c2aa4af8f395
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

avc: denied { sys_nice } for comm="modprobe" egid=0 euid=0 exe="/sbin/modprobe"
exit=0 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 pid=2598
scontext=system_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0 sgid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0
suid=0 tclass=capability tcontext=system_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0



Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2007-12-24 12:24:47 UTC
This is fixed in the current released SELinux policy

yum update selinux-policy


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