Summary: SELinux is preventing /bin/bash "read" access on meminfo. Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by avahi-dnsconfd.. It is not expected that this access is required by avahi-dnsconfd. 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) Please file a bug report. Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:avahi_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:proc_t:s0 Target Objects meminfo [ file ] Source avahi-dnsconfd. Source Path /bin/bash Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages bash-4.0.33-1.fc12 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.31.6-162.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Fri Dec 4 00:43:59 EST 2009 i686 athlon Alert Count 2 First Seen Wed 16 Dec 2009 09:34:15 AM EET Last Seen Wed 16 Dec 2009 09:34:26 AM EET Local ID 1ae6c354-e795-48fc-bcc0-35ef62b6a1f2 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1260948866.459:9): avc: denied { read } for pid=1674 comm="avahi-dnsconfd." name="meminfo" dev=proc ino=4026531998 scontext=system_u:system_r:avahi_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:proc_t:s0 tclass=file node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1260948866.459:9): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=87c914 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=87afab items=0 ppid=1581 pid=1674 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="avahi-dnsconfd." exe="/bin/bash" subj=system_u:system_r:avahi_t:s0 key=(null) Hash String generated from selinux-policy-3.6.32-55.fc12,catchall,avahi-dnsconfd.,avahi_t,proc_t,file,read audit2allow suggests: #============= avahi_t ============== allow avahi_t proc_t:file read;
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-3.6.32-60.fc12.noarch
selinux-policy-3.6.32-63.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.6.32-63.fc12
*** Bug 550676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
selinux-policy-3.6.32-66.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.6.32-66.fc12
selinux-policy-3.6.32-66.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-2010-0184
selinux-policy-3.6.32-63.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-3.6.32-66.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.