iptables denied read to inotifyfs

Kristen kristen at atmyhome.org
Wed Jan 2 23:19:23 UTC 2013


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On Jan 2, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:

>
> On 12/28/2012 01:10 AM, Kristen R wrote:
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>> I am finding after a reboot of my server these AVC denials:
>>
>> type=AVC msg=audit(1356666298.031:40): avc:  denied  { read } for  
>> pid=2837
>> comm="iptables" path="inotify" dev=inotifyfs ino=337
>> scontext=system_u:system_r:iptables_t:s0
>> tcontext=system_u:object_r:inotifyfs_t:s0 tclass=dir
>>
>> Installed is: selinux-policy-2.4.6-327.el5
>>
>> on a CentOS 5.5 build with kernel 2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
>>
>> Should this be allowed?
>>
>> Kristen
>>
>
> Most likely a leak, and you could dontaudit it.
>
> http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/53603.html
>

If this is so, shall I report a Bug as Miroslav Grepl suggested?

Kristen


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