dovecot_auth_t wants capability audit_write and netlink_audit_socket create

[John Lindgren]

Hi,
New to this list, not totally new to selinux.

Running F7 with everything current (06/04/2007), policy is 
selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7.

cat /var/log/audit/audit.log:
type=AVC msg=audit(1181003986.020:18662): avc:  denied  { audit_write } 
for  pid=13774 comm="dovecot-auth" capability=29 
scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=capability

type=AVC msg=audit(1181003859.499:18627): avc:  denied  { create } for 
pid=1352 0 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
tcontext=root:sys tem_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket

cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local:

cat local.te:
module local 1.0;

require {
         type dovecot_auth_t;
         class capability audit_write;
         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
}

#============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
allow dovecot_auth_t self:capability audit_write;
allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay 
create read };

semodule -i local.pp:
libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow 
dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:netlink_audit_socket { nlmsg_relay };
libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow 
dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:capability { audit_write };
libsepol.check_assertions: 2 assertion violations occured
libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
semodule: Failed!

Should I add something magical (what, I'm not sure) to the .te to allow 
this anyway? Or is there something missing from the distribution 
targeted policy? Or edit the base policy and recompile the whole thing? 
Or...

Anyone else having this problem?

John

[Matthew Gillen]

John Lindgren wrote:
> Hi,
> New to this list, not totally new to selinux.
>
> Running F7 with everything current (06/04/2007), policy is
> selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7.
>
> cat /var/log/audit/audit.log:
> type=AVC msg=audit(1181003986.020:18662): avc:  denied  { audit_write }
> for  pid=13774 comm="dovecot-auth" capability=29
> scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0
> tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=capability
>
> type=AVC msg=audit(1181003859.499:18627): avc:  denied  { create } for
> pid=1352 0 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0
> tcontext=root:sys tem_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
>
> cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local:
>
> cat local.te:
> module local 1.0;
>
> require {
>         type dovecot_auth_t;
>         class capability audit_write;
>         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> }
>
> #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> allow dovecot_auth_t self:capability audit_write;
> allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay
> create read };
>
> semodule -i local.pp:
> libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow
> dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:netlink_audit_socket { nlmsg_relay };
> libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow
> dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:capability { audit_write };
> libsepol.check_assertions: 2 assertion violations occured
> libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
> semodule: Failed!
>
> Should I add something magical (what, I'm not sure) to the .te to allow
> this anyway? Or is there something missing from the distribution
> targeted policy? Or edit the base policy and recompile the whole thing?
> Or...
>
> Anyone else having this problem?

Yep, I am.  Got tired of tinkering last night and just put it in permissive
mode for the time being.

I'm getting slightly different .te file, but ultimately the same 2 assertion
violations.

Matt

[John Lindgren]

Hi Matthew,
Do you have this as well?
fixfiles check;
matchpathcon_filespec_add:  conflicting specifications for 
/var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat and 
/var/run/dovecot/login/ssl-parameters.dat, using 
system_u:object_r:dovecot_var_run_t:s0.

Don't know if there is a connection yet... not expert.

John

Matthew Gillen wrote:
> John Lindgren wrote:
> > Hi,
> > New to this list, not totally new to selinux.
> >
> > Running F7 with everything current (06/04/2007), policy is
> > selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7.
> >
> > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log:
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003986.020:18662): avc:  denied  { audit_write }
> > for  pid=13774 comm="dovecot-auth" capability=29
> > scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0
> > tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=capability
> >
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003859.499:18627): avc:  denied  { create } for
> > pid=1352 0 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0
> > tcontext=root:sys tem_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> >
> > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local:
> >
> > cat local.te:
> > module local 1.0;
> >
> > require {
> >        type dovecot_auth_t;
> >        class capability audit_write;
> >        class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> > }
> >
> > #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> > allow dovecot_auth_t self:capability audit_write;
> > allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay
> > create read };
> >
> > semodule -i local.pp:
> > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow
> > dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:netlink_audit_socket { nlmsg_relay };
> > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow
> > dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:capability { audit_write };
> > libsepol.check_assertions: 2 assertion violations occured
> > libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
> > semodule: Failed!
> >
> > Should I add something magical (what, I'm not sure) to the .te to allow
> > this anyway? Or is there something missing from the distribution
> > targeted policy? Or edit the base policy and recompile the whole thing?
> > Or...
> >
> > Anyone else having this problem?
>
> Yep, I am.  Got tired of tinkering last night and just put it in permissive
> mode for the time being.
>
> I'm getting slightly different .te file, but ultimately the same 2 assertion
> violations.
>
> Matt

[shintaro_fujiwara]

2007-06-04 (月) の 21:25 -0400 に Matthew Gillen さんは書きました:
> John Lindgren wrote:
> > Hi,
> > New to this list, not totally new to selinux.
> >
> > Running F7 with everything current (06/04/2007), policy is
> > selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7.
> >
> > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log:
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003986.020:18662): avc:  denied  { audit_write }
> > for  pid=13774 comm="dovecot-auth" capability=29
> > scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0
> > tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=capability
> >
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003859.499:18627): avc:  denied  { create } for
> > pid=1352 0 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0
> > tcontext=root:sys tem_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> >
> > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local:
> >
> > cat local.te:
> > module local 1.0;
> >
> > require {
> >         type dovecot_auth_t;
> >         class capability audit_write;
> >         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> > }
> >
> > #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> > allow dovecot_auth_t self:capability audit_write;
> > allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay
> > create read };
> >
> > semodule -i local.pp:
> > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow
> > dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:netlink_audit_socket { nlmsg_relay };
> > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow
> > dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:capability { audit_write };
> > libsepol.check_assertions: 2 assertion violations occured
> > libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
> > semodule: Failed!
> >
> > Should I add something magical (what, I'm not sure) to the .te to allow
> > this anyway? Or is there something missing from the distribution
> > targeted policy? Or edit the base policy and recompile the whole thing?
> > Or...
> >
> > Anyone else having this problem?
>
> Yep, I am.  Got tired of tinkering last night and just put it in permissive
> mode for the time being.
>
> I'm getting slightly different .te file, but ultimately the same 2 assertion
> violations.
>
> Matt

Same here ...

I yum installed every selinux related packages.
I made localaudit.pp typing
#audit2allow -i /var/log/audit/audit.log -m localaudit > localaudit.te
at /usr/share/selinux/devel
#semodule -i localaudit.pp
violation reported by libsepol.chek_assertions

local_login_t local_login_t:netlink_audit_socket { nlmsg_relay };
local_login_t local_login_t:capability { audit_write };
local_login_t local_login_t:capability { audit_control };

So,I commented those lines on localaudit.te including require brace.
This time I succeeded installing localaudit.pp.

I restarted my machine setting Enforcing/strict.
During the startup process, I could see Keymap had failed.
I can't login from console.
I typed like a US key not jp106, still I can't.
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[Stephen Smalley]

On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 18:18 -0700, John Lindgren wrote:
> Hi,
> New to this list, not totally new to selinux.
>
> Running F7 with everything current (06/04/2007), policy is 
> selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7.
>
> cat /var/log/audit/audit.log:
> type=AVC msg=audit(1181003986.020:18662): avc:  denied  { audit_write } 
> for  pid=13774 comm="dovecot-auth" capability=29 
> scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=capability
>
> type=AVC msg=audit(1181003859.499:18627): avc:  denied  { create } for 
> pid=1352 0 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> tcontext=root:sys tem_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
>
> cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local:
>
> cat local.te:
> module local 1.0;
>
> require {
>          type dovecot_auth_t;
>          class capability audit_write;
>          class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> }
>
> #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> allow dovecot_auth_t self:capability audit_write;
> allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay 
> create read };
>
> semodule -i local.pp:
> libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow 
> dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:netlink_audit_socket { nlmsg_relay };
> libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow 
> dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:capability { audit_write };
> libsepol.check_assertions: 2 assertion violations occured
> libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
> semodule: Failed!
>
> Should I add something magical (what, I'm not sure) to the .te to allow 
> this anyway? Or is there something missing from the distribution 
> targeted policy? Or edit the base policy and recompile the whole thing? 
> Or...
>
> Anyone else having this problem?

The policy contains certain assertions (neverallow rules) to prevent
accidental adding of allow rules that are highly security sensitive or
that indicate a mistake in labeling.

To override such assertions, you have to add an appropriate type
attribute to the type to enable it to pass the neverallow rule.  This is
usually done by using the right refpolicy interface.  In this case, that
appears to be:
    logging_send_audit_msg(dovecot_auth_t)

So replace those two allow rules with the above interface call.

Karl, any reason audit2allow didn't find that interface automatically?

[John Lindgren]

Hello Stephan,

# rpm -qa | grep policy
selinux-policy-devel-2.6.4-8.fc7
checkpolicy-2.0.2-1.fc7
selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7
selinux-policy-2.6.4-8.fc7
policycoreutils-2.0.16-2.fc7

# cat local.te

module local 1.0;

require {
         type dovecot_auth_t;
         class capability audit_write;
         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
}

#============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
logging_send_audit_msg(dovecot_auth_t);

# make -f /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile
Compiling targeted local module
/usr/bin/checkmodule:  loading policy configuration from tmp/local.tmp
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission ioctl is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission getattr is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission setattr is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission append is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission bind is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission connect is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission getopt is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission setopt is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission shutdown is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
local.te:11:ERROR 'permission nlmsg_read is not defined for class 
netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
#line 11
/usr/bin/checkmodule:  error(s) encountered while parsing configuration
make: *** [tmp/local.mod] Error 1

But besides that, is the problem dovecot_auth failing or is it pam 
failing? With dovecot in debug mode, and selinux enabled so that pop 
logins through pam will fail, here are some logs of a failed login:

# cat /var/log/maillog | grep dovecot
Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT    1 
AGpvaG5ueQBxd2VdW3A=
Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): pam(johnny,66.52.219.4): 
lookup service=dovecot
Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): pam(johnny,66.52.219.4): 
pam_authenticate() failed: System error
Jun  5 12:48:09 post dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL   1 
user=johnny

# cat /var/log/secure
Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot-auth: PAM audit_open() failed: Permission 
denied

# cat /var/log/audit/audit.log
type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27910): avc:  denied  { create } for 
pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27910): arch=40000003 syscall=102 
success=yes exit=14 a0=1 a1=bfd2b540 a2=220ff4 a3=0 items=0 ppid=4348 
pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 
tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): avc:  denied  { write } for 
pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): avc:  denied  { nlmsg_relay } 
for  pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" 
scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tcontext=root 
:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket type=USER_AUTH 
msg=audit(1181073390.217:27912): user pid=9030 uid=0 auid=0 subj= 
root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication acct=wayne : 
exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" (hostname=71.113.46.17, 
addr=71.113.46.17, terminal=dovecot res=success)'
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): arch=40000003 syscall=102 
success=yes exit=164 a0=b a1=bfd207c0 a2=220ff4 a3=bfd27200 items=0 
ppid=4348 pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 
sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" 
exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27913): avc:  denied  { read } for 
pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27913): arch=40000003 syscall=102 
success=yes exit=36 a0=c a1=bfd20770 a2=220ff4 a3=e items=0 ppid=4348 
pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 
tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
type=USER_ACCT msg=audit(1181073390.217:27914): user pid=9030 uid=0 
auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: accounting 
acct=wayne : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
(hostname=71.113.46.17, addr=71.113.46.17, terminal=dovecot res=success)'

Here's a successful one with selinux in permissive:

# cat /var/log/audit/audit.log
type=USER_AUTH msg=audit(1181074280.291:28027): user pid=11306 uid=0 
auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication 
acct=tgates : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
(hostname=67.170.64.125, addr=67.170.64.125, terminal=dovecot res=success)'
type=USER_ACCT msg=audit(1181074280.291:28028): user pid=11306 uid=0 
auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: accounting 
acct=tgates : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
(hostname=67.170.64.125, addr=67.170.64.125, terminal=dovecot res=success)'

What next?

John

Stephen Smalley wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 18:18 -0700, John Lindgren wrote:
> > Hi,
> > New to this list, not totally new to selinux.
> >
> > Running F7 with everything current (06/04/2007), policy is 
> > selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7.
> >
> > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log:
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003986.020:18662): avc:  denied  { audit_write } 
> > for  pid=13774 comm="dovecot-auth" capability=29 
> > scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> > tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=capability
> >
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003859.499:18627): avc:  denied  { create } for 
> > pid=1352 0 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> > tcontext=root:sys tem_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> >
> > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local:
> >
> > cat local.te:
> > module local 1.0;
> >
> > require {
> >         type dovecot_auth_t;
> >         class capability audit_write;
> >         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> > }
> >
> > #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> > allow dovecot_auth_t self:capability audit_write;
> > allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay 
> > create read };
> >
> > semodule -i local.pp:
> > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow 
> > dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:netlink_audit_socket { nlmsg_relay };
> > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow 
> > dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:capability { audit_write };
> > libsepol.check_assertions: 2 assertion violations occured
> > libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
> > semodule: Failed!
> >
> > Should I add something magical (what, I'm not sure) to the .te to allow 
> > this anyway? Or is there something missing from the distribution 
> > targeted policy? Or edit the base policy and recompile the whole thing? 
> > Or...
> >
> > Anyone else having this problem?
>
> The policy contains certain assertions (neverallow rules) to prevent
> accidental adding of allow rules that are highly security sensitive or
> that indicate a mistake in labeling.
>
> To override such assertions, you have to add an appropriate type
> attribute to the type to enable it to pass the neverallow rule.  This is
> usually done by using the right refpolicy interface.  In this case, that
> appears to be:
>    logging_send_audit_msg(dovecot_auth_t)
>
> So replace those two allow rules with the above interface call.
>
> Karl, any reason audit2allow didn't find that interface automatically?

[Daniel J Walsh]

John Lindgren wrote:
> Hello Stephan,
>
> # rpm -qa | grep policy
> selinux-policy-devel-2.6.4-8.fc7
> checkpolicy-2.0.2-1.fc7
> selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7
> selinux-policy-2.6.4-8.fc7
> policycoreutils-2.0.16-2.fc7
>
> # cat local.te
>
> module local 1.0;
>
> require {
>         type dovecot_auth_t;
>         class capability audit_write;
>         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> }
>
> #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> logging_send_audit_msg(dovecot_auth_t);
>
> # make -f /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile
> Compiling targeted local module
> /usr/bin/checkmodule:  loading policy configuration from tmp/local.tmp
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission ioctl is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission getattr is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission setattr is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission append is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission bind is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission connect is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission getopt is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission setopt is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission shutdown is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> local.te:11:ERROR 'permission nlmsg_read is not defined for class 
> netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
>         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> #line 11
> /usr/bin/checkmodule:  error(s) encountered while parsing configuration
> make: *** [tmp/local.mod] Error 1
>
> But besides that, is the problem dovecot_auth failing or is it pam 
> failing? With dovecot in debug mode, and selinux enabled so that pop 
> logins through pam will fail, here are some logs of a failed login:
>
> # cat /var/log/maillog | grep dovecot
> Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT    1 
> AGpvaG5ueQBxd2VdW3A=
> Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): pam(johnny,66.52.219.4): 
> lookup service=dovecot
> Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): pam(johnny,66.52.219.4): 
> pam_authenticate() failed: System error
> Jun  5 12:48:09 post dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL   1 
> user=johnny
>
> # cat /var/log/secure
> Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot-auth: PAM audit_open() failed: Permission 
> denied
>
> # cat /var/log/audit/audit.log
> type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27910): avc:  denied  { create } for 
> pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27910): arch=40000003 
> syscall=102 success=yes exit=14 a0=1 a1=bfd2b540 a2=220ff4 a3=0 
> items=0 ppid=4348 pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 
> egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" 
> exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
> type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): avc:  denied  { write } for 
> pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): avc:  denied  { nlmsg_relay 
> } for  pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" 
> scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tcontext=root 
> :system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket type=USER_AUTH 
> msg=audit(1181073390.217:27912): user pid=9030 uid=0 auid=0 subj= 
> root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication acct=wayne : 
> exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" (hostname=71.113.46.17, 
> addr=71.113.46.17, terminal=dovecot res=success)'
> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): arch=40000003 
> syscall=102 success=yes exit=164 a0=b a1=bfd207c0 a2=220ff4 
> a3=bfd27200 items=0 ppid=4348 pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 
> suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" 
> exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
> type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27913): avc:  denied  { read } for 
> pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27913): arch=40000003 
> syscall=102 success=yes exit=36 a0=c a1=bfd20770 a2=220ff4 a3=e 
> items=0 ppid=4348 pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 
> egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" 
> exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
> type=USER_ACCT msg=audit(1181073390.217:27914): user pid=9030 uid=0 
> auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: accounting 
> acct=wayne : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> (hostname=71.113.46.17, addr=71.113.46.17, terminal=dovecot res=success)'
>
> Here's a successful one with selinux in permissive:
>
> # cat /var/log/audit/audit.log
> type=USER_AUTH msg=audit(1181074280.291:28027): user pid=11306 uid=0 
> auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication 
> acct=tgates : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> (hostname=67.170.64.125, addr=67.170.64.125, terminal=dovecot 
> res=success)'
> type=USER_ACCT msg=audit(1181074280.291:28028): user pid=11306 uid=0 
> auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: accounting 
> acct=tgates : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> (hostname=67.170.64.125, addr=67.170.64.125, terminal=dovecot 
> res=success)'
>
> What next?
>
> John
>
> Stephen Smalley wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 18:18 -0700, John Lindgren wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > New to this list, not totally new to selinux.
> > >
> > > Running F7 with everything current (06/04/2007), policy is 
> > > selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7.
> > >
> > > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log:
> > > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003986.020:18662): avc:  denied  { 
> > > audit_write } for  pid=13774 comm="dovecot-auth" capability=29 
> > > scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> > > tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=capability
> > >
> > > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003859.499:18627): avc:  denied  { create } 
> > > for pid=1352 0 comm="dovecot-auth" 
> > > scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tcontext=root:sys 
> > > tem_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> > >
> > > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local:
> > >
> > > cat local.te:
> > > module local 1.0;
> > >
> > > require {
> > >         type dovecot_auth_t;
> > >         class capability audit_write;
> > >         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> > > }
> > >
> > > #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> > > allow dovecot_auth_t self:capability audit_write;
> > > allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay 
> > > create read };
> > >
> > > semodule -i local.pp:
> > > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by 
> > > allow dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:netlink_audit_socket { 
> > > nlmsg_relay };
> > > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by 
> > > allow dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:capability { audit_write };
> > > libsepol.check_assertions: 2 assertion violations occured
> > > libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
> > > semodule: Failed!
> > >
> > > Should I add something magical (what, I'm not sure) to the .te to 
> > > allow this anyway? Or is there something missing from the 
> > > distribution targeted policy? Or edit the base policy and recompile 
> > > the whole thing? Or...
> > >
> > > Anyone else having this problem?
> >
> > The policy contains certain assertions (neverallow rules) to prevent
> > accidental adding of allow rules that are highly security sensitive or
> > that indicate a mistake in labeling.
> >
> > To override such assertions, you have to add an appropriate type
> > attribute to the type to enable it to pass the neverallow rule.  This is
> > usually done by using the right refpolicy interface.  In this case, that
> > appears to be:
> >     logging_send_audit_msg(dovecot_auth_t)
> >
> > So replace those two allow rules with the above interface call.
> >
> > Karl, any reason audit2allow didn't find that interface automatically?

Please try selinux-policy-2.6.4-13.fc7 currently in testing and moving 
to updates.

[John Lindgren]

I defined the other permissions in local.te so that it would compile and 
then installed local.pp. Switching to setenforce 1 dovecot logins with 
pam now WORK!... as far as I can tell. ;)

Will upgrade to the new policy later tonight.

Should I then remove the local.pp I just compiled and see what messages 
I get?

John

Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> John Lindgren wrote:
> > Hello Stephan,
> >
> > # rpm -qa | grep policy
> > selinux-policy-devel-2.6.4-8.fc7
> > checkpolicy-2.0.2-1.fc7
> > selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7
> > selinux-policy-2.6.4-8.fc7
> > policycoreutils-2.0.16-2.fc7
> >
> > # cat local.te
> >
> > module local 1.0;
> >
> > require {
> >         type dovecot_auth_t;
> >         class capability audit_write;
> >         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> > }
> >
> > #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> > logging_send_audit_msg(dovecot_auth_t);
> >
> > # make -f /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile
> > Compiling targeted local module
> > /usr/bin/checkmodule:  loading policy configuration from tmp/local.tmp
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission ioctl is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission getattr is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission setattr is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission append is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission bind is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission connect is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission getopt is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission setopt is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission shutdown is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > local.te:11:ERROR 'permission nlmsg_read is not defined for class 
> > netlink_audit_socket' at token ';' on line 80631:
> >         allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { { create { 
> > ioctl read getattr write setattr append bind connect getopt setopt 
> > shutdown } } nlmsg_read nlmsg_relay };
> > #line 11
> > /usr/bin/checkmodule:  error(s) encountered while parsing configuration
> > make: *** [tmp/local.mod] Error 1
> >
> > But besides that, is the problem dovecot_auth failing or is it pam 
> > failing? With dovecot in debug mode, and selinux enabled so that pop 
> > logins through pam will fail, here are some logs of a failed login:
> >
> > # cat /var/log/maillog | grep dovecot
> > Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT    1 
> > AGpvaG5ueQBxd2VdW3A=
> > Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): pam(johnny,66.52.219.4): 
> > lookup service=dovecot
> > Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot: auth(default): pam(johnny,66.52.219.4): 
> > pam_authenticate() failed: System error
> > Jun  5 12:48:09 post dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL   1 
> > user=johnny
> >
> > # cat /var/log/secure
> > Jun  5 12:48:07 post dovecot-auth: PAM audit_open() failed: Permission 
> > denied
> >
> > # cat /var/log/audit/audit.log
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27910): avc:  denied  { create } for 
> > pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> > tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> > type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27910): arch=40000003 
> > syscall=102 success=yes exit=14 a0=1 a1=bfd2b540 a2=220ff4 a3=0 
> > items=0 ppid=4348 pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 
> > egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" 
> > exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> > subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): avc:  denied  { write } for 
> > pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> > tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): avc:  denied  { nlmsg_relay 
> > } for  pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" 
> > scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tcontext=root 
> > :system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket type=USER_AUTH 
> > msg=audit(1181073390.217:27912): user pid=9030 uid=0 auid=0 subj= 
> > root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication acct=wayne : 
> > exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" (hostname=71.113.46.17, 
> > addr=71.113.46.17, terminal=dovecot res=success)'
> > type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27911): arch=40000003 
> > syscall=102 success=yes exit=164 a0=b a1=bfd207c0 a2=220ff4 
> > a3=bfd27200 items=0 ppid=4348 pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 
> > suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" 
> > exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> > subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
> > type=AVC msg=audit(1181073390.217:27913): avc:  denied  { read } for 
> > pid=9030 comm="dovecot-auth" scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> > tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> > type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1181073390.217:27913): arch=40000003 
> > syscall=102 success=yes exit=36 a0=c a1=bfd20770 a2=220ff4 a3=e 
> > items=0 ppid=4348 pid=9030 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 
> > egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) comm="dovecot-auth" 
> > exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> > subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 key=(null)
> > type=USER_ACCT msg=audit(1181073390.217:27914): user pid=9030 uid=0 
> > auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: accounting 
> > acct=wayne : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> > (hostname=71.113.46.17, addr=71.113.46.17, terminal=dovecot res=success)'
> >
> > Here's a successful one with selinux in permissive:
> >
> > # cat /var/log/audit/audit.log
> > type=USER_AUTH msg=audit(1181074280.291:28027): user pid=11306 uid=0 
> > auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication 
> > acct=tgates : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> > (hostname=67.170.64.125, addr=67.170.64.125, terminal=dovecot 
> > res=success)'
> > type=USER_ACCT msg=audit(1181074280.291:28028): user pid=11306 uid=0 
> > auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: accounting 
> > acct=tgates : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
> > (hostname=67.170.64.125, addr=67.170.64.125, terminal=dovecot 
> > res=success)'
> >
> > What next?
> >
> > John
> >
> > Stephen Smalley wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 18:18 -0700, John Lindgren wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > New to this list, not totally new to selinux.
> > > >
> > > > Running F7 with everything current (06/04/2007), policy is 
> > > > selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-8.fc7.
> > > >
> > > > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log:
> > > > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003986.020:18662): avc:  denied  { 
> > > > audit_write } for  pid=13774 comm="dovecot-auth" capability=29 
> > > > scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> > > > tcontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=capability
> > > >
> > > > type=AVC msg=audit(1181003859.499:18627): avc:  denied  { create } 
> > > > for pid=1352 0 comm="dovecot-auth" 
> > > > scontext=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tcontext=root:sys 
> > > > tem_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 tclass=netlink_audit_socket
> > > >
> > > > cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local:
> > > >
> > > > cat local.te:
> > > > module local 1.0;
> > > >
> > > > require {
> > > >         type dovecot_auth_t;
> > > >         class capability audit_write;
> > > >         class netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay create read };
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > #============= dovecot_auth_t ==============
> > > > allow dovecot_auth_t self:capability audit_write;
> > > > allow dovecot_auth_t self:netlink_audit_socket { write nlmsg_relay 
> > > > create read };
> > > >
> > > > semodule -i local.pp:
> > > > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by 
> > > > allow dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:netlink_audit_socket { 
> > > > nlmsg_relay };
> > > > libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by 
> > > > allow dovecot_auth_t dovecot_auth_t:capability { audit_write };
> > > > libsepol.check_assertions: 2 assertion violations occured
> > > > libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
> > > > semodule: Failed!
> > > >
> > > > Should I add something magical (what, I'm not sure) to the .te to 
> > > > allow this anyway? Or is there something missing from the 
> > > > distribution targeted policy? Or edit the base policy and recompile 
> > > > the whole thing? Or...
> > > >
> > > > Anyone else having this problem?
> > >
> > > The policy contains certain assertions (neverallow rules) to prevent
> > > accidental adding of allow rules that are highly security sensitive or
> > > that indicate a mistake in labeling.
> > >
> > > To override such assertions, you have to add an appropriate type
> > > attribute to the type to enable it to pass the neverallow rule.  This is
> > > usually done by using the right refpolicy interface.  In this case, that
> > > appears to be:
> > >     logging_send_audit_msg(dovecot_auth_t)
> > >
> > > So replace those two allow rules with the above interface call.
> > >
> > > Karl, any reason audit2allow didn't find that interface automatically?
>
> Please try selinux-policy-2.6.4-13.fc7 currently in testing and moving 
> to updates.

[Daniel J Walsh]

John Lindgren wrote:
> I defined the other permissions in local.te so that it would compile 
> and then installed local.pp. Switching to setenforce 1 dovecot logins 
> with pam now WORK!... as far as I can tell. ;)
>
> Will upgrade to the new policy later tonight.
>
> Should I then remove the local.pp I just compiled and see what 
> messages I get?
>
> John

yes

[John Lindgren]

Thank You for your help!

John

Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> John Lindgren wrote:
> > I defined the other permissions in local.te so that it would compile 
> > and then installed local.pp. Switching to setenforce 1 dovecot logins 
> > with pam now WORK!... as far as I can tell. ;)
> >
> > Will upgrade to the new policy later tonight.
> >
> > Should I then remove the local.pp I just compiled and see what 
> > messages I get?
> >
> > John
>
> yes

[John Lindgren]

Just to close this thread out:

I upgraded to:
# rpm -qa|grep selinux-policy
selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-13.fc7
selinux-policy-2.6.4-13.fc7
selinux-policy-devel-2.6.4-13.fc7

removed the the local.pp I made earlier:
# semodule -r local

forced a reload of the policy:
# semodule -R

rotated the audit log:
# logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/audit

Then I went and exercised the mail system, sendmail, mailman, 
MailScanner, spamassissin, clamav, f-prot, squirrelmail, apache... I 
remember when it was simpler.

took a look at the fresh audit.log
# audit2allow -a

And there were all the usual suspects:
#============= clamscan_t ==============
allow clamscan_t clamd_var_lib_t:dir { write remove_name add_name };
allow clamscan_t clamd_var_lib_t:file { write create unlink };
allow clamscan_t initrc_tmp_t:dir { search setattr read create write 
getattr rmd
ir remove_name add_name };
allow clamscan_t initrc_tmp_t:file { write getattr read lock create 
unlink };
allow clamscan_t tmpfs_t:dir { read search getattr };
allow clamscan_t tmpfs_t:file { read getattr };
allow clamscan_t var_spool_t:file { read write };

#============= httpd_t ==============
allow httpd_t pop_port_t:tcp_socket name_connect;

#============= procmail_t ==============
allow procmail_t var_spool_t:file read;

#============= system_mail_t ==============
allow system_mail_t httpd_t:file read;

But notice, NO DOVECOT!

made a module:
# cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M localMAIL

installed it:
# semodule -i localMAIL.pp

put selinux back into enforce:
# setenforce 1

and re-rotated the log:
# logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/audit

Then sat back and waited for the phone to ring... {quiet}

Confirmed with:
# audit2allow -a

And got nothing. Everything working great now.

New policy package fixed dovecot problem, Thanks Again.

John

John Lindgren wrote:
> Thank You for your help!
>
> John
>
> Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> > John Lindgren wrote:
> > > I defined the other permissions in local.te so that it would compile 
> > > and then installed local.pp. Switching to setenforce 1 dovecot logins 
> > > with pam now WORK!... as far as I can tell. ;)
> > >
> > > Will upgrade to the new policy later tonight.
> > >
> > > Should I then remove the local.pp I just compiled and see what 
> > > messages I get?
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > yes
>
> -- 
> fedora-selinux-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list

[Daniel J Walsh]

John Lindgren wrote:
> Just to close this thread out:
>
> I upgraded to:
> # rpm -qa|grep selinux-policy
> selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-13.fc7
> selinux-policy-2.6.4-13.fc7
> selinux-policy-devel-2.6.4-13.fc7
>
> removed the the local.pp I made earlier:
> # semodule -r local
>
> forced a reload of the policy:
> # semodule -R
>
> rotated the audit log:
> # logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/audit
>
> Then I went and exercised the mail system, sendmail, mailman, 
> MailScanner, spamassissin, clamav, f-prot, squirrelmail, apache... I 
> remember when it was simpler.
>
> took a look at the fresh audit.log
> # audit2allow -a
>
> And there were all the usual suspects:
> #============= clamscan_t ==============
> allow clamscan_t clamd_var_lib_t:dir { write remove_name add_name };
> allow clamscan_t clamd_var_lib_t:file { write create unlink };

clamscan writes file in /var/lib/clamav?
> allow clamscan_t initrc_tmp_t:dir { search setattr read create write 
> getattr rmd
> ir remove_name add_name };

This should probably be dontaudited especially the create/write parts
> allow clamscan_t initrc_tmp_t:file { write getattr read lock create 
> unlink };
> allow clamscan_t tmpfs_t:dir { read search getattr };
> allow clamscan_t tmpfs_t:file { read getattr };

What are these for?
> allow clamscan_t var_spool_t:file { read write };

This looks like something is mislabeled?  What file is labeled 
var_spool_t that clamscan is trying to write?
> #============= httpd_t ==============
> allow httpd_t pop_port_t:tcp_socket name_connect;

setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail=1

should fix this
> #============= procmail_t ==============
> allow procmail_t var_spool_t:file read;

Same mislabeled file from above?
> #============= system_mail_t ==============
> allow system_mail_t httpd_t:file read;

Why would system mail be looking at httpd process data?
> But notice, NO DOVECOT!
>
> made a module:
> # cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M localMAIL
>
> installed it:
> # semodule -i localMAIL.pp
>
> put selinux back into enforce:
> # setenforce 1
>
> and re-rotated the log:
> # logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/audit
>
> Then sat back and waited for the phone to ring... {quiet}
>
> Confirmed with:
> # audit2allow -a
>
> And got nothing. Everything working great now.
>
> New policy package fixed dovecot problem, Thanks Again.
>
> John
>
> John Lindgren wrote:
> > Thank You for your help!
> >
> > John
> >
> > Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> > > John Lindgren wrote:
> > > > I defined the other permissions in local.te so that it would 
> > > > compile and then installed local.pp. Switching to setenforce 1 
> > > > dovecot logins with pam now WORK!... as far as I can tell. ;)
> > > >
> > > > Will upgrade to the new policy later tonight.
> > > >
> > > > Should I then remove the local.pp I just compiled and see what 
> > > > messages I get?
> > > >
> > > > John
> > >
> > > yes
> >
> > -- 
> > fedora-selinux-list mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list

[Paul Howarth]

On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 15:51 -0700, John Lindgren wrote:
> Just to close this thread out:
>
> I upgraded to:
> # rpm -qa|grep selinux-policy
> selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-13.fc7
> selinux-policy-2.6.4-13.fc7
> selinux-policy-devel-2.6.4-13.fc7
>
> removed the the local.pp I made earlier:
> # semodule -r local
>
> forced a reload of the policy:
> # semodule -R
>
> rotated the audit log:
> # logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/audit
>
> Then I went and exercised the mail system, sendmail, mailman, 
> MailScanner, spamassissin, clamav, f-prot, squirrelmail, apache... I 
> remember when it was simpler.
>
> took a look at the fresh audit.log
> # audit2allow -a
>
> And there were all the usual suspects:
> #============= clamscan_t ==============
> allow clamscan_t clamd_var_lib_t:dir { write remove_name add_name };
> allow clamscan_t clamd_var_lib_t:file { write create unlink };
> allow clamscan_t initrc_tmp_t:dir { search setattr read create write 
> getattr rmd
> ir remove_name add_name };
> allow clamscan_t initrc_tmp_t:file { write getattr read lock create 
> unlink };
> allow clamscan_t tmpfs_t:dir { read search getattr };
> allow clamscan_t tmpfs_t:file { read getattr };
> allow clamscan_t var_spool_t:file { read write };
>
> #============= httpd_t ==============
> allow httpd_t pop_port_t:tcp_socket name_connect;
>
> #============= procmail_t ==============
> allow procmail_t var_spool_t:file read;
>
> #============= system_mail_t ==============
> allow system_mail_t httpd_t:file read;
>
> But notice, NO DOVECOT!
>
> made a module:
> # cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M localMAIL
>
> installed it:
> # semodule -i localMAIL.pp
>
> put selinux back into enforce:
> # setenforce 1
>
> and re-rotated the log:
> # logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/audit
>
> Then sat back and waited for the phone to ring... {quiet}
>
> Confirmed with:
> # audit2allow -a
>
> And got nothing. Everything working great now.
>
> New policy package fixed dovecot problem, Thanks Again.

I've still got a problem with dovecot-auth (selinux-policy-2.6.4-14.fc7)

I needed to add the following:

# Allow dovecot to check passwords
allow dovecot_auth_t updpwd_exec_t:file { execute execute_no_trans };

before dovecot-auth could run /sbin/unix-update and authenticate IMAP
clients.

Paul.

[Daniel Fazekas]

On Jun 17, 2007, at 16:27, Paul Howarth wrote:
> I've still got a problem with dovecot-auth (selinux- 
> policy-2.6.4-14.fc7)
> I needed to add the following:
> # Allow dovecot to check passwords
> allow dovecot_auth_t updpwd_exec_t:file { execute execute_no_trans };
>
> before dovecot-auth could run /sbin/unix-update and authenticate IMAP
> clients.

I've got pretty much the same problem -- dovecot failing to  
authenticate IMAP clients through PAM if selinux enforcing is enabled.
However, even what Paul posted doesn't solve it for me.

dovecot-1.0.1-12.fc7
selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-14.fc7

dovecot is left to use the default settings,
   passdb:
     driver: pam
   userdb:
     driver: passwd

audit messages I'm getting are like:
avc:  denied  { execute } for  pid=4978 comm="dovecot-auth"  
name="unix_update" dev=dm-0 ino=96698486  
scontext=user_u:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0  
tcontext=system_u:object_r:updpwd_exec_t:s0 tclass=file

other log messages on the failure:
unix_chkpwd[4911]: could not get username from shadow (username))
dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:account): unix_update returned error 9
dovecot: auth(default): pam(username,addr): lookup service=dovecot
dovecot: auth(default): pam(username,addr): pam_acct_mgmt() failed:  
Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info

Through a couple iterations of audit2allow and making a new module, I  
came up with this (pretty much the same Paul posted):
require {
         type dovecot_auth_t;
         type updpwd_exec_t;
         class file { read execute execute_no_trans };
}
allow dovecot_auth_t updpwd_exec_t:file { read execute  
execute_no_trans };

Which did succeed in eliminating all audit denial messages, yet it  
still keeps on failing and authentication still doesn't work.

As soon as I do
setenforce 0
everything starts functioning fine.

Any ideas how could I make it work without disabling selinux?

[Paul Howarth]

Daniel Fazekas wrote:
> On Jun 17, 2007, at 16:27, Paul Howarth wrote:
> > I've still got a problem with dovecot-auth (selinux-policy-2.6.4-14.fc7)
> > I needed to add the following:
> > # Allow dovecot to check passwords
> > allow dovecot_auth_t updpwd_exec_t:file { execute execute_no_trans };
> >
> > before dovecot-auth could run /sbin/unix-update and authenticate IMAP
> > clients.
>
> I've got pretty much the same problem -- dovecot failing to authenticate 
> IMAP clients through PAM if selinux enforcing is enabled.
> However, even what Paul posted doesn't solve it for me.
>
> dovecot-1.0.1-12.fc7
> selinux-policy-targeted-2.6.4-14.fc7
>
> dovecot is left to use the default settings,
>   passdb:
>     driver: pam
>   userdb:
>     driver: passwd
>
> audit messages I'm getting are like:
> avc:  denied  { execute } for  pid=4978 comm="dovecot-auth" 
> name="unix_update" dev=dm-0 ino=96698486 
> scontext=user_u:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 
> tcontext=system_u:object_r:updpwd_exec_t:s0 tclass=file
>
> other log messages on the failure:
> unix_chkpwd[4911]: could not get username from shadow (username))
> dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:account): unix_update returned error 9
> dovecot: auth(default): pam(username,addr): lookup service=dovecot
> dovecot: auth(default): pam(username,addr): pam_acct_mgmt() failed: 
> Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info
>
> Through a couple iterations of audit2allow and making a new module, I 
> came up with this (pretty much the same Paul posted):
> require {
>         type dovecot_auth_t;
>         type updpwd_exec_t;
>         class file { read execute execute_no_trans };
> }
> allow dovecot_auth_t updpwd_exec_t:file { read execute execute_no_trans };
>
> Which did succeed in eliminating all audit denial messages, yet it still 
> keeps on failing and authentication still doesn't work.
>
> As soon as I do
> setenforce 0
> everything starts functioning fine.
>
> Any ideas how could I make it work without disabling selinux?

The problem was caused by the recent PAM update:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=244534

Try updating selinux-policy from updates-testing:
# yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update selinux-policy*

Paul.