Description of problem: I get the following selinux warning when attempting to connect to a PPTP VPN. SELinux is preventing sh (pptp_t) "execute" to ./ip (ifconfig_exec_t). SELinux is preventing sh (pptp_t) "getattr" to /sbin/ip (ifconfig_exec_t). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0-0.11.svn4229.fc10.i386 How reproducible: Fails every time. Steps to Reproduce: Create PPTP configuration in NetworkManager. Attempt to connect to VPN with it. Additional info: Raw Audit Messages node=pip.zhatt.com type=AVC msg=audit(1225250105.213:16): avc: denied { execut e } for pid=3280 comm="sh" name="ip" dev=sda3 ino=202882 scontext=system_u:syst em_r:pptp_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ifconfig_exec_t:s0 tclass=file node=pip.zhatt.com type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1225250105.213:16): arch=40000003 sysc all=11 success=no exit=-13 a0=8d85130 a1=8d85150 a2=8d843a8 a3=0 items=0 ppid=32 78 pid=3280 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgi d=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sh" exe="/bin/bash" subj=system_u:system_r:p ptp_t:s0 key=(null) Raw Audit Messages node=pip.zhatt.com type=AVC msg=audit(1225250105.213:18): avc: denied { getatt r } for pid=3280 comm="sh" path="/sbin/ip" dev=sda3 ino=202882 scontext=system_ u:system_r:pptp_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ifconfig_exec_t:s0 tclass=file node=pip.zhatt.com type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1225250105.213:18): arch=40000003 sysc all=195 success=no exit=-13 a0=8d85130 a1=bfa23b70 a2=2c0ff4 a3=8d85130 items=0 ppid=3278 pid=3280 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid =0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sh" exe="/bin/bash" subj=system_u:sys tem_r:pptp_t:s0 key=(null)
Dan, I'm pretty sure it's not NM calling /sbin/ip here, could be something internal to PPP or PPTP. Can we track this down further somehow to a specific process that's exec-ing /sbin/sh?
Looks like a typo in policy. Fixed in selinux-policy-3.5.13-10..fc10 Also fixing in F8,f9, and RHEL5