libreport version: 2.0.5.982 executable: /usr/bin/python hashmarkername: setroubleshoot kernel: 3.1.0-0.rc8.git0.0.fc16.x86_64 reason: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/passwd from 'getattr' accesses on the chr_file /dev/vga_arbiter. time: Mon Oct 3 12:20:22 2011 description: :SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/passwd from 'getattr' accesses on the chr_file /dev/vga_arbiter. : :***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *************************** : :If you believe that passwd should be allowed getattr access on the vga_arbiter chr_file 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 passwd /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol :# semodule -i mypol.pp : :Additional Information: :Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 :Target Context system_u:object_r:xserver_misc_device_t:s0 :Target Objects /dev/vga_arbiter [ chr_file ] :Source passwd :Source Path /usr/bin/passwd :Port <Unknown> :Host (removed) :Source RPM Packages passwd-0.78-3.fc15 :Target RPM Packages :Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-32.fc16 :Selinux Enabled True :Policy Type targeted :Enforcing Mode Enforcing :Host Name (removed) :Platform Linux (removed) : 3.1.0-0.rc8.git0.0.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 28 : 01:31:14 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 :Alert Count 2 :First Seen Mon 03 Oct 2011 12:18:44 PM CEST :Last Seen Mon 03 Oct 2011 12:18:48 PM CEST :Local ID 0e12ba1c-ace0-4c01-9b8d-a5e9254e7d74 : :Raw Audit Messages :type=AVC msg=audit(1317637128.152:328): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=26723 comm="passwd" path="/dev/vga_arbiter" dev=devtmpfs ino=1026 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:xserver_misc_device_t:s0 tclass=chr_file : : :type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1317637128.152:328): arch=x86_64 syscall=stat success=no exit=EACCES a0=7fffe6c1a280 a1=7fffe6c15b50 a2=7fffe6c15b50 a3=0 items=0 ppid=2673 pid=26723 auid=1000 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts1 ses=2 comm=passwd exe=/usr/bin/passwd subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) : :Hash: passwd,passwd_t,xserver_misc_device_t,chr_file,getattr : :audit2allow : :#============= passwd_t ============== :allow passwd_t xserver_misc_device_t:chr_file getattr; : :audit2allow -R : :#============= passwd_t ============== :allow passwd_t xserver_misc_device_t:chr_file getattr; :
To be clear here, I'm not sure why /bin/passwd was trying to access /dev/vga_arbiter, but I thought I'd go ahead and report this so that someone smarter than me could take a look.
We have fix this in the latest F16 policy. You can grab this policy from koji for now http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=266002
selinux-policy-3.10.0-36.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.10.0-36.fc16
Package selinux-policy-3.10.0-36.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing selinux-policy-3.10.0-36.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.10.0-36.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
selinux-policy-3.10.0-38.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.