Summary: SELinux is preventing /sbin/consoletype access to a leaked /root/savap-install.log file descriptor. Detailed Description: [consoletype has a permissive type (consoletype_t). This access was not denied.] SELinux denied access requested by the consoletype command. It looks like this is either a leaked descriptor or consoletype output was redirected to a file it is not allowed to access. Leaks usually can be ignored since SELinux is just closing the leak and reporting the error. The application does not use the descriptor, so it will run properly. If this is a redirection, you will not get output in the /root/savap-install.log. You should generate a bugzilla on selinux-policy, and it will get routed to the appropriate package. You can safely ignore this avc. Allowing Access: You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:consoletype_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 Target Objects /root/savap-install.log [ file ] Source consoletype Source Path /sbin/consoletype Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages initscripts-9.02-1 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.32-46.fc12 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name leaks Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:25:57 EST 2009 i686 i686 Alert Count 1 First Seen Thu 26 Nov 2009 10:12:51 PM EST Last Seen Thu 26 Nov 2009 10:12:51 PM EST Local ID c1f25af1-43a1-4425-951f-7cf9ebb45f3e Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1259233971.394:22558): avc: denied { append } for pid=2450 comm="consoletype" path="/root/savap-install.log" dev=dm-0 ino=89037 scontext=system_u:system_r:consoletype_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 tclass=file node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1259233971.394:22558): arch=40000003 syscall=11 success=yes exit=0 a0=8ef8ee8 a1=8ef91d0 a2=8ef4ba8 a3=8ef91d0 items=0 ppid=2449 pid=2450 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="consoletype" exe="/sbin/consoletype" subj=system_u:system_r:consoletype_t:s0 key=(null) Hash String generated from selinux-policy-3.6.32-46.fc12,leaks,consoletype,consoletype_t,admin_home_t,file,append audit2allow suggests: #============= consoletype_t ============== allow consoletype_t admin_home_t:file append;
This looks like a simple redirection of output to a file in /root. Or the tool you are using is leaking a file descriptor. What tool is doing this?
(In reply to comment #1) > This looks like a simple redirection of output to a file in /root. > > Or the tool you are using is leaking a file descriptor. What tool is doing > this? I got this when installing Symantec AntiVirus for Linux. Symantec probably need to look at their RPM packages a bit.
You can add these rules for now using # grep avc /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Fixed in selinux-policy-3.6.32-52.fc12.noarch
selinux-policy-3.6.32-52.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.6.32-52.fc12
selinux-policy-3.6.32-52.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update selinux-policy'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2009-12549
selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12
selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update selinux-policy'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2009-12650
selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
selinux-policy-3.6.32-120.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.6.32-120.fc12
selinux-policy-3.6.32-120.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.