Fixing AVC denials

If SELinux is denying access for something you believe should be allowed, you can add rules to your policy with the audit2allow program.

First, run the ps -ef | grep auditd command to find out if auditd is running:

# ps -ef | grep auditd
root        69     2  0 Sep26 ?        00:00:00 [kauditd]
root      1159     1  0 Sep26 ?        00:00:00 auditd

If auditd is running, as shown above, use the -a option with audit2allow. If it is not running, use the -d option.

The -l option reads denials since the last policy reload, and the -M option creates a module with rules to allow those denials.

Do not use the -M option to specify the same module name more than once. For example, if you run the command below once with -M local, and want to run it again later, choose a different name, such as -M local2.

# audit2allow -l -a -M local
******************** IMPORTANT ***********************
To make this policy package active, execute:

semodule -i local.pp

You can view the rules to be added in the local.te file. If you are satisfied, run the semodule -i local.pp command to install the module. You can mail an SELinux list, such as the Fedora SELinux list or the NSA SELinux mailing list, to ask for review of your module before you install it.

Tools

• audit2allow Generate a SELinux policy from logs of denied operations.

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