Bug 881834 – watchdog runs as initrc_t

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Bug 881834 - watchdog runs as initrc_t

Summary:	watchdog runs as initrc_t

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	selinux-policy (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.3
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Miroslav Grepl
QA Contact:	Michal Trunecka
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Blocks:	832330
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Reported:	2012-11-29 11:33 EST by Patrik Kis
Modified:	2014-09-30 19:34 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	selinux-policy-3.7.19-210.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2013-11-21 05:11:15 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1598	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	selinux-policy bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 16:39:24 EST

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Description Patrik Kis 2012-11-29 11:33:13 EST

Description of problem:
The watchdog daemon runs with incorrect selinux context.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-3.7.19-154.el6.noarch
selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-154.el6.noarch
watchdog-5.5-10.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
# service watchdog status
watchdog (pid  9121) is running...
# ps -elZ | grep 9121
unconfined_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 5 S   0  9121     1  0  58   - -  1032 hrtime ?        00:00:00 watchdog

Actual results:
it runs with initrc_t

Expected results:
it should run with its own selinux label

Additional info:

Comment 1 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-11-29 11:37:52 EST

OK ...  I have no clue how to fix this, so I'm
going to reassign it to selinux-policy.

Comment 3 Miroslav Grepl 2012-11-29 11:47:32 EST

I see we have policy files but the policy is not activated for a reason.

Patrik,
does it cause any issue?

Do you see AVC msgs?

Comment 4 Patrik Kis 2012-11-29 12:20:14 EST

(In reply to comment #3)
> I see we have policy files but the policy is not activated for a reason.
> 
> Patrik,
> does it cause any issue?
> 
> Do you see AVC msgs?

Actually not, there are no AVCs, but I do not do any testing with watchdog, just started it a saw the initrc_t label.
Isn't that an error itself?

Comment 5 Miroslav Grepl 2012-11-29 12:25:38 EST

Yes, it is.

But it is also pretty risky to add a new policy in this phase without testing in Fedora at least.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 05:11:15 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-2013-1598.html

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