FC19, AVC mailx

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Tue Aug 20 14:43:23 UTC 2013


SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/mailx from ioctl access on the
unix_stream_socket unix_stream_socket.

*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests 
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If you believe that mailx should be allowed ioctl access on the
unix_stream_socket unix_stream_socket by default.
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Additional Information:
Source Context                system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:system_r:init_t:s0
Target Objects                unix_stream_socket [ unix_stream_socket ]
Source                        mail
Source Path                   /usr/bin/mailx
Port                          <Unknown>
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Source RPM Packages           mailx-12.5-8.fc19.x86_64
Target RPM Packages
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.12.1-69.fc19.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
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Platform                      Linux <...> 3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64 #1 SMP
Tue Jul
                              30 11:29:05 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   53
First Seen                    2013-07-31 09:17:16 EDT
Last Seen                     2013-08-20 09:06:53 EDT
Local ID                      c515e3ea-2126-47ac-9d89-5295777101e7

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1377004013.420:62309): avc:  denied  { ioctl } for 
pid=31047 comm="mail" path="socket:[12915]" dev="sockfs" ino=12915
scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket


type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1377004013.420:62309): arch=x86_64 syscall=ioctl
success=no exit=ENOTTY a0=1 a1=5401 a2=7fff8006f380 a3=7fff8006f1d0
items=0 ppid=31031 pid=31047 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0
fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 ses=4294967295 tty=(none) comm=mail
exe=/usr/bin/mailx subj=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0 key=(null)

Hash: mail,system_mail_t,init_t,unix_stream_socket,ioctl

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