Bug 438865 - SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/ntpd (ntpd_t) "read write" access to socket:[42433541] (unconfined_t).
Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/ntpd (ntpd_t) "read write" access to socket:[...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 5.1
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-03-25 17:28 UTC by Kuang-Yu Liu
Modified: 2012-01-05 19:06 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHBA-2008-0465
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-05-21 16:43:17 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2008:0465 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE selinux-policy bug fix update 2008-05-20 14:36:31 UTC

Description Kuang-Yu Liu 2008-03-25 17:28:44 UTC
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Description of problem:
SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/ntpd (ntpd_t) "read write" access to socket:[42433541] (unconfined_t).

Raw Audit Messages :
avc: denied { read, write } for comm="ntpd" dev=sockfs egid=0 euid=0 exe="/usr/sbin/ntpd" exit=0 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 path="socket:[42433541]" pid=29279 scontext=system_u:system_r:ntpd_t:s0 sgid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:ntpd_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=unix_stream_socket tcontext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen selinux-policy-2.4.6-106.el5_1.3 ntp-4.2.2p1-7.el5 [application]

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. System -> Administration -> Day & Time
2. Choose NTP Sub-panel
3. Enable NTP
4. OK

Actual Results:
SELinux AVC Denial

Expected Results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2008-03-25 20:59:32 UTC
I believe this is fixed by the U2 Policy.

selinux-policy-2.4.6-126.el5

You can download a test copy at 

http://people.redhat.com/dwalsh/SELinux/RHEL5


Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2008-05-21 16:43:17 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0465.html



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