Bug 446552 – SELinux is preventing /sbin/losetup (fsadm_t) "append" to /var/run/xen-hotplug/block (udev_var_run_t).

Bug 446552 - SELinux is preventing /sbin/losetup (fsadm_t) "append" to /var/run/xen-hotplug/block (udev_var_run_t).

Summary:	SELinux is preventing /sbin/losetup (fsadm_t) "append" to /var/run/xen-hotplu...

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	selinux-policy (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.1
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

Priority	low Severity low
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Daniel Walsh
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Reported:	2008-05-14 22:14 EDT by Rahadi Kurniawan
Modified:	2008-05-23 15:34 EDT (History)
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Fixed In Version:	u2
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Last Closed:	2008-05-23 15:34:04 EDT
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Description Rahadi Kurniawan 2008-05-14 22:14:35 EDT

Description of problem:
SELinux is preventing /sbin/losetup (fsadm_t) "append" to
/var/run/xen-hotplug/block (udev_var_run_t).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Source Context:  system_u:system_r:fsadm_t:SystemLow-SystemHighTarget
Context:  system_u:object_r:udev_var_run_tTarget
Objects:  /var/run/xen-hotplug/block [ file ]Affected RPM
Packages:  util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5 [application]Policy
RPM:  selinux-policy-2.4.6-104.el5Selinux Enabled:  TruePolicy
Type:  targetedMLS Enabled:  TrueEnforcing Mode:  EnforcingPlugin
Name:  plugins.catchall_fileHost Name:  host.domain.com Platform:  Linux
host.domain.com 2.6.18-53.el5xen #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 02:46:57 EST 2007 x86_64
x86_64Alert Count:  261Line Numbers:   Raw Audit Messages :avc: denied { append
} for comm="losetup" dev=sda3 egid=0 euid=0 exe="/sbin/losetup" exit=0 fsgid=0
fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 path="/var/run/xen-hotplug/block" pid=5435
scontext=system_u:system_r:fsadm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:fsadm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 suid=0 tclass=file
tcontext=system_u:object_r:udev_var_run_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0 

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1. run centos on xen
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Comment 1 Rahadi Kurniawan 2008-05-14 22:15:17 EDT

the guest os is centos 5.1

Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2008-05-15 14:40:25 EDT

I think this is fixed in u2 policy

preview up on 

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

Comment 3 K Schincke 2008-05-22 23:28:10 EDT

Daniel,

I have updated my policy (106) to the 137 release. I am now able to create a
full virt DomU to a disk image file. 

Good work

Keith

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