Description of problem: 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. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vpnc.x86_64 0.5.3-3.fc11 installed How reproducible: Start up vpnc and log in. When TUN device is created, setroubleshoot displays the above error Actual results: Get SElinux error Expected results: No SELinux errors. Additional info: Summary: SELinux is preventing ifconfig (ifconfig_t) "read" security_t. Detailed Description: 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. Allowing Access: 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:unconfined_r:ifconfig_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:security_t:s0 Target Objects mls [ file ] Source ifconfig Source Path /sbin/ifconfig Port <Unknown> Host hacktop Source RPM Packages net-tools-1.60-92.fc11 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.12-50.fc11 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall Host Name hacktop Platform Linux hacktop 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May 27 17:27:08 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 2 First Seen Thu 25 Jun 2009 09:51:51 AM EDT Last Seen Thu 25 Jun 2009 01:20:51 PM EDT Local ID 0cb1a3d5-e12c-4aba-851b-65dc2454e513 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=hacktop type=AVC msg=audit(1245950451.589:181): avc: denied { read } for pid=27844 comm="ifconfig" name="mls" dev=selinuxfs ino=12 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:security_t:s0 tclass=file node=hacktop type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1245950451.589:181): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=7fff2c9ebbb0 a1=0 a2=7fff2c9ebbbc a3=fffffff8 items=0 ppid=27830 pid=27844 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts0 ses=19 comm="ifconfig" exe="/sbin/ifconfig" subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:ifconfig_t:s0 key=(null)
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle. Changing version to '12'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
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