Summary:

SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/snort-plain "write" access on 001.

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                001 [ 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-3.6.32-59.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed)
                              2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 21
                              05:33:33 UTC 2009 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   120
First Seen                    Tue 24 Nov 2009 06:18:34 PM CET
Last Seen                     Sun 03 Jan 2010 04:54:55 PM CET
Local ID                      9b0ef36b-7dde-4d33-84cd-ca9dfdaff899
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1262534095.923:11103): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=1334 comm="snort" name="001" dev=tmpfs ino=2902 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(1262534095.923:11103): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes exit=7 a0=7fff5a74f080 a1=2 a2=7fff5a74f094 a3=fffffffd items=0 ppid=1333 pid=1334 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-3.6.32-59.fc12,catchall,snort,snort_t,usb_device_t,chr_file,write
audit2allow suggests:
audit2allow is not installed.