Hi Dan, Thanks for your prompt response. Yes we have removed unconfined.pp from our system. And here are the outputs for the ps command [root@nw043b-vcma1 ~]# ps -eZ | grep sedispatch system_u:system_r:audisp_t:s0 30135 ? 00:00:11 sedispatch [root@nw043b-vcma1 ~]# [root@nw043b-vcma1 ~]# ps -eZ | grep setroubleshootd [root@nw043b-vcma1 ~]# What kind of policies to we need to add for vmtoolsd ? Thanks, Anamitra On 3/26/13 12:08 PM, "Daniel J Walsh" <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Are you running this with unconfined.pp disabled? Looks like you need >policy >for vmtoolsd. > >I was looking for auditd_t or setroubleshootd avc's. > >ps -eZ | grep sedispatch >ps -eZ | grep setroubleshootd > >sedispatch sends avc messages via dbus to setroubleshootd, if >setroubleshootd >gets an AVC about itself, it will drop it on the floor, > > > > > >On 03/26/2013 03:01 PM, Anamitra Dutta Majumdar (anmajumd) wrote: >> Hi Dan, >> >> Yes there are many denials being seen. Here is an ouput from >>ausearch.... >> >> time->Tue Mar 26 13:58:16 2013 type=SYSCALL >> msg=audit(1364324296.810:915270): arch=c000003e syscall=16 success=yes >> exit=0 a0=15 a1=8912 a2=7ffffa54bf90 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=18992 >> auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 >> tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="vmtoolsd" >> exe="/usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmtoolsd" >> subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324296.810:915270): avc: denied { ioctl } for pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" path="socket:[2348604]" dev=sockfs ino=2348604 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >>tcontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >> tclass=tcp_socket ---- time->Tue Mar 26 13:58:26 2013 type=PATH >> msg=audit(1364324306.076:915272): item=0 name="/" inode=2 dev=08:01 >> mode=040555 ouid=0 ogid=0 rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0 >> type=CWD msg=audit(1364324306.076:915272): cwd="/" type=SYSCALL >> msg=audit(1364324306.076:915272): arch=c000003e syscall=137 success=yes >> exit=0 a0=c45530 a1=7ffffa54c150 a2=1 a3=2 items=1 ppid=1 pid=18992 >> auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 >> tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="vmtoolsd" >> exe="/usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmtoolsd" >> subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324306.076:915272): avc: denied { getattr } for >>pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" name="/" dev=sda1 ino=2 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:fs_t:s0 >> tclass=filesystem ---- time->Tue Mar 26 13:58:26 2013 type=PATH >> msg=audit(1364324306.075:915271): item=0 name="/dev/sda1" inode=5938 >> dev=00:05 mode=060660 ouid=0 ogid=6 rdev=08:01 >> obj=system_u:object_r:fixed_disk_device_t:s0 type=CWD >> msg=audit(1364324306.075:915271): cwd="/" type=SYSCALL >> msg=audit(1364324306.075:915271): arch=c000003e syscall=4 success=yes >> exit=0 a0=c7d0b0 a1=7ffffa54c110 a2=7ffffa54c110 a3=a items=1 ppid=1 >> pid=18992 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 >>sgid=0 >> fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="vmtoolsd" >> exe="/usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmtoolsd" >> subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324306.075:915271): avc: denied { getattr } for >>pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" path="/dev/sda1" dev=devtmpfs ino=5938 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:fixed_disk_device_t:s0 tclass=blk_file ---- >> time->Tue Mar 26 13:58:26 2013 type=PATH >>msg=audit(1364324306.080:915273): >> item=0 name="/proc/net/dev" inode=4026531979 dev=00:03 mode=0100444 >>ouid=0 >> ogid=0 rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:proc_net_t:s0 type=CWD >> msg=audit(1364324306.080:915273): cwd="/" type=SYSCALL >> msg=audit(1364324306.080:915273): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes >> exit=22 a0=7f783bc0e159 a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=0 items=1 ppid=1 pid=18992 >> auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 >> tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="vmtoolsd" >> exe="/usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmtoolsd" >> subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324306.080:915273): avc: denied { open } for pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" name="dev" dev=proc ino=4026531979 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:proc_net_t:s0 tclass=file type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324306.080:915273): avc: denied { read } for pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" name="dev" dev=proc ino=4026531979 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:proc_net_t:s0 tclass=file ---- time->Tue Mar >>26 >> 13:58:26 2013 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1364324306.081:915274): >>arch=c000003e >> syscall=5 success=yes exit=0 a0=16 a1=7ffffa547f10 a2=7ffffa547f10 a3=0 >> items=0 ppid=1 pid=18992 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 >>fsuid=0 >> egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="vmtoolsd" >> exe="/usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmtoolsd" >> subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324306.081:915274): avc: denied { getattr } for >>pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" path="/proc/18992/net/dev" dev=proc ino=4026531979 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:proc_net_t:s0 tclass=file ---- time->Tue Mar >>26 >> 13:58:26 2013 type=PATH msg=audit(1364324306.082:915275): item=0 >> name="/etc/resolv.conf" inode=654095 dev=08:01 mode=0100644 ouid=0 >>ogid=0 >> rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0 type=CWD >> msg=audit(1364324306.082:915275): cwd="/" type=SYSCALL >> msg=audit(1364324306.082:915275): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=yes >> exit=21 a0=7f78443317fa a1=0 a2=1b6 a3=2 items=1 ppid=1 pid=18992 >> auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 >> tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="vmtoolsd" >> exe="/usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmtoolsd" >> subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324306.082:915275): avc: denied { open } for pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" name="resolv.conf" dev=sda1 ino=654095 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0 tclass=file type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324306.082:915275): avc: denied { read } for pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" name="resolv.conf" dev=sda1 ino=654095 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0 tclass=file ---- time->Tue Mar >>26 >> 13:58:26 2013 type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1364324306.083:915276): >>arch=c000003e >> syscall=5 success=yes exit=0 a0=15 a1=7ffffa549e80 a2=7ffffa549e80 a3=2 >> items=0 ppid=1 pid=18992 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 >>fsuid=0 >> egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="vmtoolsd" >> exe="/usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmtoolsd" >> subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 key=(null) type=AVC >> msg=audit(1364324306.083:915276): avc: denied { getattr } for >>pid=18992 >> comm="vmtoolsd" path="/etc/resolv.conf" dev=sda1 ino=654095 >> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0 tclass=file >> >> >> >> Thanks, Anamitra >> >> On 3/26/13 11:55 AM, "Daniel J Walsh" <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 03/26/2013 12:50 PM, Anamitra Dutta Majumdar (anmajumd) wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On one of our system we see that the syslog/messages file has been >>>>> flooded with the following messages >>>>> >>>>> r 25 18:07:56 nw043b-vcma1 user 3 sedispatch: Connection Error (An >>>>> SELinux policy prevents this sender from sending this message to this >>>>> recipient (rejected message had sender "(unset)" interface >>>>> "org.freedesktop.DBus" member "Hello" error name "(unset)" >>>>> destination "org.freedesktop.DBus")): AVC Will be dropped Mar 25 >>>>> 18:07:56 nw043b-vcma1 user 3 sedispatch: Connection Error (An SELinux >>>>> policy prevents this sender from sending this message to this >>>>> recipient (rejected message had sender "(unset)" interface >>>>> "org.freedesktop.DBus" member "Hello" error name "(unset)" >>>>> destination "org.freedesktop.DBus")): AVC Will be dropped Mar 25 >>>>> 18:07:56 nw043b-vcma1 user 3 sedispatch: Connection Error (An SELinux >>>>> policy prevents this sender from sending this message to this >>>>> recipient (rejected message had sender "(unset)" interface >>>>> "org.freedesktop.DBus" member "Hello" error name "(unset)" >>>>> destination "org.freedesktop.DBus")): AVC Will be dropped >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We are on RHEL6.2 and running in permissive mode. >>>>> >>>>> Here are the version of the selinux related rpms. >>>>> >>>>> root@nw043b-vcma1 vos]# rpm -qa | grep selinux >>>>> selinux-policy-3.7.19-126.el6.noarch libselinux-2.0.94-5.2.el6.i686 >>>>> libselinux-2.0.94-5.2.el6.x86_64 >>>>> selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-126.el6.noarch >>>>> libselinux-utils-2.0.94-5.2.el6.i686 >>>>> libselinux-utils-2.0.94-5.2.el6.x86_64 >>>>> libselinux-python-2.0.94-5.2.el6.x86_64 [root@nw043b-vcma1 vos]# rpm >>>>> -qa | grep setro setroubleshoot-server-3.0.38-2.1.el6.x86_64 >>>>> setroubleshoot-plugins-3.0.16-1.el6.noarch >>>>> >>>>> What could be the root cause of these messages. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Anamitra >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> Are you seeing lots of AVC messages? >> >> ausearch -m avc -ts recent >> >> >> >> -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux >> > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > >iEYEARECAAYFAlFR8j0ACgkQrlYvE4MpobOyKACgt7LNy1xrlOs9A7dfehw2d2L3 >yO4AoMMWM6MhUGfOvR2AXwsw6LCjvcwh >=Cxb+ >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux