SELinux message

[A.J. Bonnema]

Hi all,

This morning I got several of the following message:

Raw Audit Messages

avc: denied { search } for comm="procmail" dev=sdb6 egid=0 euid=0
exe="/usr/bin/procmail" exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="root"
pid=4585 scontext=system_u:system_r:procmail_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:procmail_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=dir
tcontext=system_u:object_r:default_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0


It looks like procmail is trying to do *something*. I would just like to 
find out what it is that procmail is trying to do. So I could see 
whether it is legitemate.
I do assume procmail knows what it is doing, but before I relable the 
system (as indicated in the explanation) I would just like to know: 
shouldn't the SELinux be fitted to procmail in some way?
Is there a way I can get this accomplished i.e. can I report this to 
procmail as a bug?

Guus Bonnema -- happily running FC7 since this morning --

P.S. I include the complete message, maybe it helps.


============ Explanatory message ======================

Summary
     SELinux is preventing access to files with the default label, 
default_t.

Detailed Description
     SELinux permission checks on files labeled default_t are being denied.
     These files/directories have the default label on them.  This can 
indicate a
     labeling problem, especially if the files being referred to  are 
not top
     level directories. Any files/directories under standard system 
directories,
     /usr, /var. /dev, /tmp, ..., should not be labeled with the default 
label.
     The default label is for files/directories which do not have a 
label on a
     parent directory. So if you create a new directory in / you might
     legitimately get this label.

Allowing Access
     If you want a confined domain to use these files you will probably 
need to
     relabel the file/directory with chcon. In some cases it is just 
easier to
     relabel the system, to relabel execute: "touch /.autorelabel; reboot"

Additional Information

Source Context                system_u:system_r:procmail_t
Target Context                system_u:object_r:default_t
Target Objects                root [ dir ]
Affected RPM Packages         procmail-3.22-19.fc7
                               [application]filesystem-2.4.6-1.fc7 [target]
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-2.6.4-8.fc7
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   plugins.default
Host Name                     athene.abonnema.xs4all.nl
Platform                      Linux athene.abonnema.xs4all.nl 
2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
                               #1 SMP Wed May 23 22:47:07 EDT 2007 
x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    Fri 01 Jun 2007 02:22:25 PM CEST
Last Seen                     Fri 01 Jun 2007 02:54:17 PM CEST
Local ID                      789f2a56-fe70-440b-83a6-d85bc17715ae
Line Numbers

Raw Audit Messages

avc: denied { search } for comm="procmail" dev=sdb6 egid=0 euid=0
exe="/usr/bin/procmail" exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="root"
pid=4585 scontext=system_u:system_r:procmail_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:procmail_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=dir
tcontext=system_u:object_r:default_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0


-- 
A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands,
user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org)