Description of problem: sudo -u pwalsh sh [sudo] password for dwalsh: sudo: unable to open /dev/pts/10: Permission denied sudo: unable to setup tty context for staff_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023: Permission denied grep dwalsh /etc/sudoers dwalsh ALL=(ALL) TYPE=unconfined_t ROLE=unconfined_r /bin/sh The problem is the set_perms call happens before the selinux_exec, selinux_exec tries to setfilecon on the terminal and is denied because sudo is no longer running as root. Couple of choices, either split the selinux code up to set the terminal and the execcon separate from the exec and run it before set_perms, or set_perms inside the selinux_exec code when running with selinux. Looks like you chdir after the set_perms so this might change behaviour.
Another side effect of what I presume to be the same problem appears to be the inability to redirect sudo's output to a file or pipe when the TYPE= and ROLE= operators are used. When I tried to use this: %sudoers ALL=(ALL) TYPE=unconfined_t ROLE=unconfined_r ALL in /etc/sudoers, I found that whilst sudo appeared to work Ok, the output of the sudo'ed command was apparently sent directly to the parent shell's tty rather than inheriting STDOUT. This meant that redirecting to a pipe didn't work. So this form: $ sudo cat longprivatefile | more just dumped the whole of the file to screen without more'ing it. Even though id -Z showed that I was already set to: unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 the sudoers parameters were enough to disrupt the piping. If I removed the TYPE and ROLE options from sudoers, sudo piping behaves as expected.
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Created attachment 530477 [details] proposed patch Backport selinux, audit and related code from 1.7.4p5 to 1.7.2p1. This fixes the reported issues with selinux in the 1.7.2p1 version.
Created attachment 530664 [details] proposed patch
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0309.html