On Jan 10, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/10/2011 02:12 PM, Vadym Chepkov wrote: >> >> On Jan 10, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On 01/10/2011 12:40 PM, Vadym Chepkov wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Is it safe to permit these? >>>> >>>> selinux-policy-3.9.7-18.fc14.noarch >>>> >>>> # ausearch -m avc -ts yesterday >>>> ---- >>>> time->Sun Jan 9 11:23:14 2011 >>>> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1294590194.604:12): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=yes exit=18 a0=57b497 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=58856a items=0 ppid=1 pid=997 auid=4294967295 uid=28 gid=28 euid=28 suid=28 fsuid=28 egid=28 sgid=28 fsgid=28 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="nscd" exe="/usr/sbin/nscd" subj=system_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 key=(null) >>>> type=AVC msg=audit(1294590194.604:12): avc: denied { read } for pid=997 comm="nscd" name="/" dev=dm-2 ino=2 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0 tclass=dir >>>> ---- >>>> time->Sun Jan 9 11:23:14 2011 >>>> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1294590194.604:13): arch=40000003 syscall=195 success=yes exit=0 a0=57b49c a1=ae2f16bc a2=29fff4 a3=3 items=0 ppid=1 pid=997 auid=4294967295 uid=28 gid=28 euid=28 suid=28 fsuid=28 egid=28 sgid=28 fsgid=28 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="nscd" exe="/usr/sbin/nscd" subj=system_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 key=(null) >>>> type=AVC msg=audit(1294590194.604:13): avc: denied { read } for pid=997 comm="nscd" name="tmp" dev=dm-0 ino=15581 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file >>>> ---- >>>> time->Sun Jan 9 11:41:04 2011 >>>> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1294591264.449:7): arch=40000003 syscall=195 success=yes exit=0 a0=3f049c a1=ae9f964c a2=38bff4 a3=3 items=0 ppid=1 pid=973 auid=4294967295 uid=28 gid=28 euid=28 suid=28 fsuid=28 egid=28 sgid=28 fsgid=28 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="nscd" exe="/usr/sbin/nscd" subj=system_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 key=(null) >>>> type=AVC msg=audit(1294591264.449:7): avc: denied { read } for pid=973 comm="nscd" name="tmp" dev=dm-0 ino=15581 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file >>>> ---- >>>> time->Sun Jan 9 11:41:04 2011 >>>> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1294591264.448:6): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=yes exit=16 a0=3f0497 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=3fd56a items=0 ppid=1 pid=973 auid=4294967295 uid=28 gid=28 euid=28 suid=28 fsuid=28 egid=28 sgid=28 fsgid=28 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="nscd" exe="/usr/sbin/nscd" subj=system_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 key=(null) >>>> type=AVC msg=audit(1294591264.448:6): avc: denied { read } for pid=973 comm="nscd" name="/" dev=dm-2 ino=2 scontext=system_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0 tclass=dir >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> selinux mailing list >>>> selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux >> >> >>> What is nscd looking for in /tmp? >> >> nscd is part of glibc, so the source code is really huge and it uses TMPDIR environment variable all over the place. >> "Don't know" would be an honest answer. Shall I open bugzilla about it? >> >> Thanks, >> Vadym >> >> >> >> > I have a feeling that you can dontaudit these rather then allow. Might > be a leaked file descriptor from the calling app. (cron?) nscd is started by init script. and if selinux is in enforcing mode I get these in the syslog during start. Jan 11 07:20:55 pegasus nscd: 20613 Access Vector Cache (AVC) started Jan 11 07:20:55 pegasus nscd: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC avc: netlink poll: error 4#012: exe="?" sauid=28 hostname=? addr=? terminal=? Jan 11 07:20:55 pegasus nscd: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC avc: netlink recvfrom: error 1#012: exe="?" sauid=28 hostname=? addr=? terminal=? Jan 11 07:20:55 pegasus nscd: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC avc: netlink thread: errors encountered, terminating#012: exe="?" sauid=28 hostname=? addr=? terminal=? and then, a bit later, avc's : ---- time->Tue Jan 11 07:21:24 2011 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1294748484.434:7816): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=516497 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=52356a items=0 ppid=1 pid=20622 auid=500 uid=28 gid=28 euid=28 suid=28 fsuid=28 egid=28 sgid=28 fsgid=28 tty=(none) ses=1010 comm="nscd" exe="/usr/sbin/nscd" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC msg=audit(1294748484.434:7816): avc: denied { read } for pid=20622 comm="nscd" name="/" dev=dm-2 ino=2 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0 tclass=dir ---- time->Tue Jan 11 07:21:24 2011 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1294748484.435:7817): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=516493 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=52356a items=0 ppid=1 pid=20622 auid=500 uid=28 gid=28 euid=28 suid=28 fsuid=28 egid=28 sgid=28 fsgid=28 tty=(none) ses=1010 comm="nscd" exe="/usr/sbin/nscd" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC msg=audit(1294748484.435:7817): avc: denied { read } for pid=20622 comm="nscd" name="tmp" dev=dm-3 ino=8194 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0 tclass=dir ---- time->Tue Jan 11 07:21:24 2011 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1294748484.435:7818): arch=40000003 syscall=195 success=no exit=-13 a0=51649c a1=ae3f1350 a2=798ff4 a3=3 items=0 ppid=1 pid=20622 auid=500 uid=28 gid=28 euid=28 suid=28 fsuid=28 egid=28 sgid=28 fsgid=28 tty=(none) ses=1010 comm="nscd" exe="/usr/sbin/nscd" subj=unconfined_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC msg=audit(1294748484.435:7818): avc: denied { read } for pid=20622 comm="nscd" name="tmp" dev=dm-0 ino=15581 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:nscd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file Vadym -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux