Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/snort-plain "ioctl" access on /dev/usbmon1.

Detailed Description:

[SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.]

SELinux denied access requested by snort. It is not expected that this access is
required by snort 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:snort_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:usb_device_t:s0
Target Objects                /dev/usbmon1 [ chr_file ]
Source                        snort
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/snort-plain
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           snort-2.8.5.1-1.fc12
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.32-56.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed)
                              2.6.31.6-166.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Dec 9 10:46:22
                              EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   83
First Seen                    Tue 24 Nov 2009 06:18:34 PM CET
Last Seen                     Mon 21 Dec 2009 05:57:08 PM CET
Local ID                      0d7bfc1f-522f-4611-be94-819f34b009b3
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1261414628.100:10951): avc:  denied  { ioctl } for  pid=1274 comm="snort" path="/dev/usbmon1" dev=tmpfs ino=2924 scontext=system_u:system_r:snort_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:usb_device_t:s0 tclass=chr_file

node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1261414628.100:10951): arch=c000003e syscall=16 success=yes exit=307200 a0=5 a1=9205 a2=0 a3=7 items=0 ppid=1273 pid=1274 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="snort" exe="/usr/sbin/snort-plain" subj=system_u:system_r:snort_t:s0 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  selinux-policy-3.6.32-56.fc12,catchall,snort,snort_t,usb_device_t,chr_file,ioctl
audit2allow suggests:

#============= snort_t ==============
allow snort_t usb_device_t:chr_file ioctl;