selinux and readahead

[Daniel J Walsh]

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Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Dear all, 
> 
> I have encountered the following setroubleshoot warning:
> 
> 
> Summary:
> 
> SELinux is preventing readahead (readahead_t) "read" to inotify (inotifyfs_t).
> 
> Detailed Description:
> 
> SELinux denied access requested by readahead. It is not expected that this
> access is required by readahead and this access may signal an intrusion attempt.
> It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the
> application is causing it to require additional access.
> 
> Allowing Access:
> 
> Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore
> the default system file context for inotify,
> 
> restorecon -v 'inotify'
> 
> If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access.
> Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
> (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable
> SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended.
> Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi)
> against this package.
> 
> Additional Information:
> 
> Source Context                system_u:system_r:readahead_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh
> Target Context                system_u:object_r:inotifyfs_t
> Target Objects                inotify [ dir ]
> Source                        readahead
> Source Path                   /usr/sbin/readahead
> Port                          <Unknown>
> Host                          localhost.localdomain
> Source RPM Packages           readahead-1.4.4-1.fc10
> Target RPM Packages           
> Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.5.1-4.fc10
> Selinux Enabled               True
> Policy Type                   targeted
> MLS Enabled                   True
> Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
> Plugin Name                   catchall_file
> Host Name                     localhost.localdomain
> Platform                      Linux localhost.localdomain
>                               2.6.27-0.244.rc2.git1.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 8
>                               13:26:20 EDT 2008 i686 i686
> Alert Count                   2
> First Seen                    Thu 21 Aug 2008 04:04:26 AM CDT
> Last Seen                     Thu 21 Aug 2008 04:04:28 AM CDT
> Local ID                      c67dc8d2-0096-4510-9075-cbea7074ffa2
> Line Numbers                  
> 
> Raw Audit Messages            
> 
> host=localhost.localdomain type=AVC msg=audit(1219309468.106:155): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=7574 comm="readahead" path="inotify" dev=inotifyfs ino=1 scontext=system_u:system_r:readahead_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:inotifyfs_t:s0 tclass=dir
> 
> host=localhost.localdomain type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1219309468.106:155): arch=40000003 syscall=11 success=yes exit=0 a0=9f292d0 a1=9f29368 a2=9f295c0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=7564 pid=7574 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=24 comm="readahead" exe="/usr/sbin/readahead" subj=system_u:system_r:readahead_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I do not know if readahead should be denied or not?  What do you recommend that I do?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antonio 
> 
> 
>       
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Fixed in selinux-policy-3.5.6-1.fc10
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