Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 801867
SELinux is preventing WorkerPool/3633 from using the 'ptrace' accesses on a process.
Last modified: 2012-03-12 04:10:12 EDT
libreport version: 2.0.8 executable: /usr/bin/python hashmarkername: setroubleshoot kernel: 3.3.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc17.i686.PAE reason: SELinux is preventing WorkerPool/3633 from using the 'ptrace' accesses on a process. time: Fri 09 Mar 2012 11:14:07 PM YEKT description: :SELinux is preventing WorkerPool/3633 from using the 'ptrace' accesses on a process. : :***** Plugin catchall_boolean (89.3 confidence) suggests ******************* : :If you want to deny_ptrace :Then you must tell SELinux about this by enabling the 'deny_ptrace'boolean. :Do :setsebool -P deny_ptrace 0 : :***** Plugin catchall (11.6 confidence) suggests *************************** : :If you believe that 3633 should be allowed ptrace access on processes labeled unconfined_t 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 WorkerPool/3633 /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol :# semodule -i mypol.pp : :Additional Information: :Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1 : 023 :Target Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1 : 023 :Target Objects [ process ] :Source WorkerPool/3633 :Source Path WorkerPool/3633 :Port <Unknown> :Host (removed) :Source RPM Packages :Target RPM Packages :Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-95.fc17.noarch :Selinux Enabled True :Policy Type targeted :Enforcing Mode Enforcing :Host Name (removed) :Platform Linux (removed) 3.3.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP : Mon Mar 5 17:02:45 UTC 2012 i686 i686 :Alert Count 27 :First Seen Wed 07 Mar 2012 11:26:56 PM YEKT :Last Seen Fri 09 Mar 2012 11:13:51 PM YEKT :Local ID 00f41eb5-0194-43e3-86f5-e80af2c20ec2 : :Raw Audit Messages :type=AVC msg=audit(1331313231.598:107): avc: denied { ptrace } for pid=1750 comm="WorkerPool/1748" scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=process : : :Hash: WorkerPool/3633,unconfined_t,unconfined_t,process,ptrace : :audit2allowunable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : : :audit2allow -Runable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : :
This is not a bug, and is exactly what we are trying to preven apps ptracing processes. What does WorkerPool do?
*** Bug 802130 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***