RE: pam_selinux(sshd:session): Error! Unable to set executable context

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Dan,

This issue is at a customer deployment which has RHEL 5, not RHEL 6.

Thanks,
Radha.

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel J Walsh [mailto:dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:22 AM
To: Radha Venkatesh (radvenka)
Cc: Stephen Smalley; selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: pam_selinux(sshd:session): Error! Unable to set executable context

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On 10/19/2012 12:12 PM, Radha Venkatesh (radvenka) wrote:
> Any suggestions on how this issue can be overcome?
> 
> Thanks, Radha.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Radha Venkatesh (radvenka) Sent: Thursday,
> October 18, 2012 1:37 PM To: 'Stephen Smalley';
> selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: pam_selinux(sshd:session):
> Error! Unable to set executable context
> 
> What can we do to rectify this now? Any workarounds?
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: selinux-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:selinux-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen
> Smalley Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 12:30 PM To:
> selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: pam_selinux(sshd:session):
> Error! Unable to set executable context
> 
> On 10/18/2012 12:59 PM, Radha Venkatesh (radvenka) wrote:
>> We have an selinux user specialuser_u defined. The outputs of the 
>> semanage command are as seen below
>> 
>> semanager user –l
>> 
>> admin_u         user       s0         SystemLow-SystemHigh system_r
>> sysadm_r
>> 
>> guest_u         guest      s0         s0
>> guest_r
>> 
>> remotesupport_u user       s0         SystemLow-SystemHigh system_r
>> sysadm_r
>> 
>> root            sysadm     s0         SystemLow-SystemHigh system_r
>> sysadm_r
>> 
>> specialuser_u   user       s0         s0 system_r sysadm_r
>> 
>> staff_u         staff      s0         SystemLow-SystemHigh sysadm_r
>> staff_r
>> 
>> sysadm_u        sysadm     s0         SystemLow-SystemHigh sysadm_r
>> 
>> system_u        user       s0         SystemLow-SystemHigh system_r
>> 
>> Now, we see the following in our log files
>> 
>> pam_selinux(sshd:session): Error!  Unable to set executable context €‡\
>> ialuser_u:sysadm_r:sysadm_t.
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> pam_selinux(sshd:session): Error!  Unable to set executable context 
>> €×ª_ialuser_u:sysadm_r:sysadm_t:s0.
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> pam_selinux(sshd:session): Error!  Unable to set executable context €gb
>> ialuser_u:sysadm_r:sysadm_t.
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> pam_selinux(sshd:session): Error!  Unable to set executable context € 
>> ³_ialuser_u:sysadm_r:sysadm_t:s0.
>> 
>> /etc/pam.d/sshd looks as follows
>> 
>> #%PAM-1.0
>> 
>> auth       required     pam_stack.so service=system-auth
>> 
>> account    required     pam_nologin.so
>> 
>> account    required     pam_stack.so service=system-auth
>> 
>> password   required     pam_stack.so service=system-auth
>> 
>> session    required     pam_stack.so service=system-auth
>> 
>> session    required     pam_loginuid.so
>> 
>> session    optional     pam_keyinit.so force revoke
>> 
>> session    required     pam_selinux.so
>> 
>> Could anyone help us with why we are seeing these error messages and why 
>> the specialuser_u is corrupted with control chars?
> 
> Sounds like a memory corruption bug in pam_selinux.  Bugzilla?
> 
> 
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Radha, can you see if selinuxdefcon and selinuxconlist help you diagnose what
is going on. (If they exists on on RHEL6?)


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