Summary: SELinux is preventing /bin/cat "read" access on /var/run/syslogd.pid. Detailed Description: [SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.] SELinux denied access requested by cat. It is not expected that this access is required by cat 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:logrotate_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Context system_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0 Target Objects /var/run/syslogd.pid [ lnk_file ] Source cat Source Path /bin/cat Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages coreutils-7.6-8.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 1 First Seen Sun 03 Jan 2010 10:41:11 AM CET Last Seen Sun 03 Jan 2010 10:41:11 AM CET Local ID 9e86ee21-e8f3-4aa2-aa7d-b1d825d8b7d9 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1262511671.613:29696): avc: denied { read } for pid=8806 comm="cat" name="syslogd.pid" dev=dm-3 ino=852 scontext=system_u:system_r:logrotate_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1262511671.613:29696): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes exit=4 a0=7fff96a9cf42 a1=0 a2=7fff96a9b990 a3=a items=0 ppid=8805 pid=8806 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=2 comm="cat" exe="/bin/cat" subj=system_u:system_r:logrotate_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) Hash String generated from selinux-policy-3.6.32-59.fc12,catchall,cat,logrotate_t,var_run_t,lnk_file,read audit2allow suggests: audit2allow is not installed.
Why is /var/run/syslogd.pid a symbolic link? This looks like a local customization. Although I see nothing with allowing this. 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-3.6.32-66.fc12.noarch
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
update and restart successful, under SELINUX no alerts to view
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.