Bug 716956 – MLS avc: denied { getattr } for ... comm="crond" path="/etc/krb5.conf" ... scontext=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:krb5_conf_t:s0 tclass=file

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Bug 716956 - MLS avc: denied { getattr } for ... comm="crond" path="/etc/krb5.conf" ... scontext=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:krb5_conf_t:s0 tclass=file

Summary:	MLS avc: denied { getattr } for ... comm="crond" path="/etc/krb5.conf" ... sc...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	selinux-policy (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.7
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Miroslav Grepl
QA Contact:	Milos Malik
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Reported:	2011-06-27 10:56 EDT by Milos Malik
Modified:	2012-10-15 11:18 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Fixed In Version:	selinux-policy-2.4.6-317.el5
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2012-02-21 00:47:09 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2012:0158	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	selinux-policy bug fix and enhancement update	2012-02-20 09:53:50 EST

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Description Milos Malik 2011-06-27 10:56:12 EDT

Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-devel-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-strict-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-minimum-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-targeted-2.4.6-316.el5
selinux-policy-mls-2.4.6-316.el5

How reproducible:
generated automatically each hour

Steps to Reproduce:
1. get a freshly installed RHEL-5.7 machine with MLS policy in enforcing mode
2. log in as root via console
3. AVCs appear automatically each hour (07:01:01,08:01:01,09:01:01 etc.)
  
Actual results:
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time->Mon Jun 27 08:01:01 2011
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1309176061.148:95): arch=c0000032 syscall=1210 success=no exit=-13 a0=2000000800511b00 a1=60000fffffb94770 a2=130 a3=0 items=0 ppid=4029 pid=4997 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=3 comm="crond" exe="/usr/sbin/crond" subj=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-0-s15:c0.c1023 key=(null)
type=AVC msg=audit(1309176061.148:95): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=4997 comm="crond" path="/etc/krb5.conf" dev=dm-0 ino=36503783 scontext=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:krb5_conf_t:s0 tclass=fifile
----

Expected results:
* no AVCs

Comment 1 Miroslav Grepl 2011-06-27 12:32:02 EDT

We need to add 

auth_use_nsswitch(crond_t)

Comment 2 Miroslav Grepl 2011-09-29 07:31:44 EDT

Fixed in selinux-policy-2.4.6-317.el5

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 00:47:09 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0158.html

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