Re: permission problems with script run via crondargs -m

Lukas,

Failed again last night see the end of this message.

On 5/11/20 9:40 AM, Lukas Vrabec wrote:
> On 5/11/20 3:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>> On 5/11/20 9:04 AM, Lukas Vrabec wrote:
>>> On 5/11/20 2:23 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> A little background first.
>>>>
>>>> This is for Fedora 32 workstation which does not come with a default MTA
>>>> and thus there is a slight challenge (ahem) getting CRON's output into
>>>> the local mailstore.  I don't want to install an MTA (leave why for
>>>> Fedora users list discuss) and "procmail -f cron" leaves out a DATE
>>>> header.  So I wrote my own little script that I put in /usr/local/mycron
>>>> that takes the output from cron and appends the proper content to
>>>> /var/spool/mail/$USER.
>>>>
>>>> Works fine for my personal crontab, but has selinux problems for
>>>> logwatch running as root (and probably any other cron task running as
>>>> root).
>>>>
>>>> So I first got told by selinux troubleshooting that I needed:
>>>>
>>>> ausearch -c 'mycron' --raw | audit2allow -M my-mycron
>>>> semodule -X 300 -i my-mycron.pp
>>>>
>>>> Which I did.  Then after this night's run of logwatch, I see that I have
>>>> the selinux troubleshoot icon, but when I look, it is empty? So I grep
>>>> messages for logwatch, then grep the time it was running and found the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> May 11 03:43:19 lx140e setroubleshoot[121345]: SELinux is preventing
>>>> mycron from add_name
>>>> access on the directory root. For complete SELinux messages run: sealert
>>>> -l 8eb93a73-c7ff-
>>>> 42ec-bee1-594d77540808
>>>> May 11 03:43:19 lx140e python3[121345]: SELinux is preventing mycron
>>>> from add_name access
>>>> on the directory root.#012#012*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence)
>>>> suggests   ********
>>>> ******************#012#012If you believe that mycron should be allowed
>>>> add_name access on
>>>> the root directory by default.#012Then you should report this as a
>>>> bug.#012You can generat
>>>> e a local policy module to allow this access.#012Do#012allow this access
>>>> for now by execut
>>>> ing:#012# ausearch -c 'mycron' --raw | audit2allow -M my-mycron#012#
>>>> semodule -X 300 -i my
>>>> -mycron.pp#012
>>>> May 11 03:43:23 lx140e systemd[1]:
>>>> dbus-:[email protected]:
>>>>    Succeeded.
>>>>
>>>> So it looks like now I am told to run:
>>>>
>>>> ausearch -c 'mycron' --raw | audit2allow -M my-mycron
>>>> semodule -X 300 -i my-mycron.pp
>>>>
>>>> Wait, that is the same I ran earlier?  And why did I have to grep
>>>> messages to find these?
>>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Could you please share output of this command:
>>>
>>> # sealert -l 8eb93a73-c7ff-42ec-bee1-594d77540808
>> # sealert -l 8eb93a73-c7ff-42ec-bee1-594d77540808
>> Error
>> query_alerts error (1003): id (8eb93a73-c7ff-42ec-bee1-594d77540808) not
>> found
>>
>> And from the first selinux alert:
>>
>> # sealert -l d05d8373-fae7-447e-b45a-74940959809e
>> Error
>> query_alerts error (1003): id (d05d8373-fae7-447e-b45a-74940959809e) not
>> found
>>
>> I viewed the alerts with the SELinux troubleshooter, but I did NOT tell
>> it to delete the alert :(
>>
> No problem, are you able to reproduce it? If yes, please do and then attach:
>
> # ausearch -m AVC,USER_AVC -ts today

# ausearch -m AVC,USER_AVC -ts today
----
time->Tue May 12 03:22:06 2020
type=AVC msg=audit(1589268126.630:3796): avc:  denied  { add_name } for  
pid=142359 comm="mycron" name="root" 
scontext=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 
tcontext=system_u:object_r:mail_spool_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0

May 12 03:22:06 lx140e audit[142359]: AVC avc:  denied  { add_name } 
for  pid=142359 comm="mycron" name="root" 
scontext=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 
tcontext=system_u:object_r:mail_spool_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0
May 12 03:22:09 lx140e systemd[1]: Started 
dbus-:[email protected].
May 12 03:22:09 lx140e audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 
msg='unit=dbus-:1.1-org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd@20 comm="systemd" 
exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
May 12 03:22:13 lx140e systemd[1]: Started 
dbus-:[email protected].
May 12 03:22:13 lx140e audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 
msg='unit=dbus-:1.1-org.fedoraproject.SetroubleshootPrivileged@10 
comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? 
terminal=? res=success'
May 12 03:22:19 lx140e setroubleshoot[142374]: SELinux is preventing 
mycron from add_name access on the directory root. For complete SELinux 
messages run: sealert -l 9fd5890f-400b-4ae0-8a98-43575ac4913a
May 12 03:22:19 lx140e python3[142374]: SELinux is preventing mycron 
from add_name access on the directory root.#012#012*****  Plugin 
catchall (100. confidence) suggests **************************#012#012If 
you believe that mycron should be allowed add_name access on the root 
directory by default.#012Then you should report this as a bug.#012You 
can generate a local policy module to allow this access.#012Do#012allow 
this access for now by executing:#012# ausearch -c 'mycron' --raw | 
audit2allow -M my-mycron#012# semodule -X 300 -i my-mycron.pp#012
May 12 03:22:23 lx140e systemd[1]: 
dbus-:[email protected]: Succeeded.
May 12 03:22:23 lx140e audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 
msg='unit=dbus-:1.1-org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd@20 comm="systemd" 
exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
May 12 03:22:23 lx140e systemd[1]: 
dbus-:[email protected]: Consumed 3.306s 
CPU time.
May 12 03:22:25 lx140e systemd[1]: 
dbus-:[email protected]: Succeeded.
May 12 03:22:25 lx140e audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 
msg='unit=dbus-:1.1-org.fedoraproject.SetroubleshootPrivileged@10 
comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? 
terminal=? res=success'
May 12 03:22:25 lx140e systemd[1]: 
dbus-:[email protected]: 
Consumed 5.271s CPU time.

# sealert -l 9fd5890f-400b-4ae0-8a98-43575ac4913a
Error
query_alerts error (1003): id (9fd5890f-400b-4ae0-8a98-43575ac4913a) not 
found

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