From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4C250F08.3060207@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:18:16 -0400 From: Daniel J Walsh MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dominick Grift CC: Alice Mynona , Stephen Smalley , SELinux@tycho.nsa.gov, Karl MacMillan Subject: Re: Developing a SELinux policy for antivirus - Activating a boolean variable when another has been actived References: <4C237345.2010200@bian-fu.net> <1277399578.25186.50.camel@moss-pluto.epoch.ncsc.mil> <1277400829.25186.54.camel@moss-pluto.epoch.ncsc.mil> <4C2480B5.7040602@bian-fu.net> <4C24852C.5050406@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C24852C.5050406@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On 06/25/2010 06:30 AM, Dominick Grift wrote: > On 06/25/2010 12:11 PM, Alice Mynona wrote: >> Stephen Smalley schrieb am 24.06.2010 19:33 Uhr: >>> On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 13:12 -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: >>>> On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 17:01 +0200, Alice Mynona wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> during the developing of a SELinux module I got the following error messages when executing "audit2allow -a -l" >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> libsepol.context_from_record: type antivirus_t is not defined >>>>> libsepol.context_from_record: could not create context structure >>>>> libsepol.context_from_string: could not create context structure >>>>> libsepol.sepol_context_to_sid: could not convert unconfined_u:unconfined_r:antivirus_t:s0 to sid >>>>> >>>>> "antivirus_t" is a domain I have defined in my module: >>>>> >>>>> type antivirus_t; >>>>> domain_type(antivirus_t) >>>>> >>>>> I have already removed the module (semodule -r antivirus.pp && semodule -R) and did a file context repair afterwards (fixfiles restore). The error still exists. >>>>> >>>>> I have reinstalled the policy (yum reinstall selinux-policy-*), but the problem remains. I have also taken a look at "file_contexts" (cd /etc/selinux/targeted/modules/active && grep antivirus_t file_contexts*), but there's no "antivirus_t" anymore. >>>>> >>>>> Can you help me to find the cause of the problem? I don't know how to debug libsepol-messages. >>>>> >>>>> I'm using "selinux-policy-targeted-3.6.32-118.fc12.noarch". >>>> >>>> Sounds like the -l option to audit2allow isn't working correctly, so >>>> that instead of only processing audit messages since the last policy >>>> reload, you are still processing the audit messages from when that >>>> policy module was installed, and unsurprisingly it cannot map those >>>> contexts since you removed the module. That would be a bug in >>>> audit2allow/sepolgen. >>>> >>>> Workaround would be to use ausearch to select the desired range of >>>> messsages specifically, e.g. >>>> /sbin/ausearch -m AVC -ts today | audit2allow >>> >> >> I did a reload today at 08:36:00 a.m. (semodule -R). Round about two and half hours later I checked the auditlog: >> >> ausearch -m AVC --start 25.06.2010 08:36:00 --end 25.06.2010 11:00:00 >> >> Only messages from ssh_t (success=yes). Fine. But "audit2allow -a -l" still throws error messages: >> >> ... >> libsepol.context_from_record: type antivirus_t is not defined >> libsepol.context_from_record: could not create context structure >> libsepol.context_from_string: could not create context structure >> libsepol.sepol_context_to_sid: could not convert unconfined_u:unconfined_r:antivirus_t:s0 to sid >> ... >> >>> Dan - looks like you pushed the audit2why analyze calls down into >>> sepolgen while it is parsing the messages. But this means that all >>> messages will be analyzed even if the user specified -l. >>> >> >> I will wait for Dan's answer :-). >> >> Problem solved. @All: Thanks for your help. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Alice >> >> p.s.: >> I still don't know how to debug sepol-messages. Can you give me a hint? > > I think it is not just with the -l option as i had similar output today > by using plain ausearch -m avc -ts recent | audit2allow: > > libsepol.context_from_record: invalid security context: > "staff_u:staff_r:mozilla_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023" > libsepol.context_from_record: could not create context structure > libsepol.context_from_string: could not create context structure > libsepol.sepol_context_to_sid: could not convert > staff_u:staff_r:mozilla_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 to sid > libsepol.context_from_record: invalid security context: > "staff_u:staff_r:mozilla_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023" > > >> >> -- >> This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. >> If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with >> the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message. > > Yes I want the analysis to show up in audit2allow, If libsemanage would just shut up, we really should ignore the errors. -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.