Description of problem: If the "NotifyClamd" option is specified in /etc/freshclam.conf like so: # Send the RELOAD command to clamd. # Default: no NotifyClamd /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf Then when freshclam downloads new virus signatures it tells clamd to reload the signature database via /var/spool/amavisd/clamd.sock. However, SELinux prevents it from going into the directory /var/spool/amavisd: ############################ SELinux is preventing freshclam from search access on the directory amavisd. ***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *************************** If you believe that freshclam should be allowed search access on the amavisd directory 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 freshclam /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:freshclam_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Context system_u:object_r:amavis_spool_t:s0 Target Objects amavisd [ dir ] Source freshclam Source Path freshclam Port <Unknown> Host example.com Source RPM Packages Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-153.fc17.noarch Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Host Name example.com Platform Linux example.com 3.6.1-1.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 12:32:58 UTC 2012 i686 i686 Alert Count 1 First Seen 2012-10-19 11:03:45 CEST Last Seen 2012-10-19 11:03:45 CEST Local ID 7cd33e5b-7a71-4f3d-b09c-c4358e7f9fb2 Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1350637425.376:111): avc: denied { search } for pid=1419 comm="freshclam" name="amavisd" dev="vda1" ino=138131 scontext=system_u:system_r:freshclam_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:amavis_spool_t:s0 tclass=dir Hash: freshclam,freshclam_t,amavis_spool_t,dir,search audit2allow #============= freshclam_t ============== allow freshclam_t amavis_spool_t:dir search; audit2allow -R #============= freshclam_t ============== allow freshclam_t amavis_spool_t:dir search; ############################ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-targeted-3.10.0-153.fc17.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install clamav-update, add the notifyclamd option in /etc/freshclam.conf 2. wait for freshclam to run or run it manually 3. avc error Actual results: Can't notify clamd Expected results: Can notify clamd's sock which is in /var/spool/amavisd Additional info:
We allow this on F18. Added to F17. commit 8bd4fa866f0ba3e21c89c8df9375ca34f43cd22d Author: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl> Date: Mon Oct 22 14:43:39 2012 +0200 Allow support for notifyclamd option in /etc/freshclam.conf
selinux-policy-3.10.0-159.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.10.0-159.fc17
Package selinux-policy-3.10.0-159.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing selinux-policy-3.10.0-159.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17782/selinux-policy-3.10.0-159.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
selinux-policy-3.10.0-159.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.