SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/sshd from 'sendto' accesses on the unix_dgram_socket /dev/log. ***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *************************** If you believe that sshd should be allowed sendto access on the log unix_dgram_socket by default. Then you should report this as a bug. You can generate a local policy module to allow this access. Do allow this access for now by executing: # grep sshd /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Context system_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 Target Objects /dev/log [ unix_dgram_socket ] Source sshd Source Path /usr/sbin/sshd Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages openssh-server-5.6p1-30.fc15 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.9.16-5.fc15 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Permissive Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.38-1.fc15.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 15 05:29:00 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 2 First Seen Sat 19 Mar 2011 09:23:22 AM EDT Last Seen Sat 19 Mar 2011 09:28:41 AM EDT Local ID e7ef6126-3e24-482f-b618-16c37d0aae2a Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1300541321.519:35): avc: denied { sendto } for pid=1094 comm="sshd" path="/dev/log" scontext=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_dgram_socket type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1300541321.519:35): arch=x86_64 syscall=connect success=yes exit=0 a0=4 a1=7f80becf77c0 a2=6e a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=1094 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=sshd exe=/usr/sbin/sshd subj=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) Hash: sshd,sshd_t,initrc_t,unix_dgram_socket,sendto audit2allow #============= sshd_t ============== allow sshd_t initrc_t:unix_dgram_socket sendto; audit2allow -R #============= sshd_t ============== allow sshd_t initrc_t:unix_dgram_socket sendto;
Created attachment 486374 [details] /dev/log avc denials Since patching my machine this morning, I'm also seeing denials for /dev/log to a broad range of programs. This is: # grep /dev/log /var/log/audit/audit.log ...I had to set selinux in permissive mode in order to boot and I'm pretty sure it's due to this.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 689435 ***