Bug 486465 - SELinux is preventing ifconfig (ifconfig_t) "read write" initrc_t.
Summary: SELinux is preventing ifconfig (ifconfig_t) "read write" initrc_t.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: net-tools
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Radek Vokál
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-02-19 21:36 UTC by Raymond Fung
Modified: 2009-07-14 16:24 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-07-14 16:24:58 UTC
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Description Raymond Fung 2009-02-19 21:36:41 UTC
Description of problem:

SELinux is preventing ifconfig (ifconfig_t) "read write" initrc_t.

SELinux denied access requested by ifconfig. It is not expected that this access
is required by ifconfig 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.

This happens when a Fedora 9 Linux box running "heartbeat" (linux-ha.org) taking over the shared service IP address and tried to change some existing socket attributes.

You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(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 bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi)
against this package.

Additional Information:

Source Context                unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0
Target Context                unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0
Target Objects                socket [ unix_stream_socket ]
Source                        ifconfig
Source Path                   /sbin/ifconfig
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          dc81
Source RPM Packages           net-tools-1.60-87.fc9
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.3.1-121.fc9
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     dc81
Platform                      Linux dc81 2.6.27.12-78.2.8.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon
                              Jan 19 19:25:03 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   14
First Seen                    Fri Feb 20 04:42:53 2009
Last Seen                     Fri Feb 20 05:14:40 2009
Local ID                      662a9131-62c0-40ae-af0f-5ee904437e14
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428340]" dev=sockfs ino=428340 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428350]" dev=sockfs ino=428350 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428351]" dev=sockfs ino=428351 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428387]" dev=sockfs ino=428387 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428366]" dev=sockfs ino=428366 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428355]" dev=sockfs ino=428355 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428361]" dev=sockfs ino=428361 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428357]" dev=sockfs ino=428357 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428371]" dev=sockfs ino=428371 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428363]" dev=sockfs ino=428363 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428368]" dev=sockfs ino=428368 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428396]" dev=sockfs ino=428396 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=AVC msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=20442 comm="ifconfig" path="socket:[428373]" dev=sockfs ino=428373 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket

node=dc81 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1235078080.938:23130): arch=c000003e syscall=59 success=yes exit=0 a0=b32870 a1=b59f50 a2=b67710 a3=8 items=0 ppid=20441 pid=20442 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=56 comm="ifconfig" exe="/sbin/ifconfig" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 key=(null)


How reproducible:

Always reproducible.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. configure two identical node with Fedora 9 and heartbeat
2. trigger a failover with "/usr/share/heartbeart/hb_standby" on the primary node
3. the secondary node now tried to take over the shared service IP address and subsequently generated this error message
  
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Comment 1 Bug Zapper 2009-06-10 03:34:29 UTC
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Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2009-07-14 16:24:58 UTC
Fedora 9 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-07-10. Fedora 9 is 
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