Selinux: Blocked-Messages in permissive mode?

[Roger Grosswiler]

Hello,

i am not sure, if this is really blocking or just logging:

Feb 16 14:02:32 mordor setroubleshoot: #012    SELinux
hindert /usr/sbin/saslauthd (saslauthd_t) "read" am Zugriff auf
<Unknown> (usr_t).#012     For complete SELinux messages. run sealert
-l fd56262f-2db7-46cd-9771-7a4fcc546531 Feb 16 14:15:00 mordor

setroubleshoot: #012    SELinux hindert /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd
(postfix_smtpd_t) "write" am Zugriff auf <Unknown>
(postgrey_spool_t).#012     For complete SELinux messages. run sealert
-l 0b218c2c-40b1-4d64-821f-5f1a991157d3 Feb 16 14:15:19 mordor

setroubleshoot: #012    SELinux hindert /usr/lib/AntiVir/antivir
(amavis_t) "getattr" am Zugriff auf /sys (sysfs_t).#012     For
complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l
ee5a81fa-7b17-4ffa-8fac-cea3b325a614 Feb 16 14:36:57 mordor

setroubleshoot: #012    SELinux hindert /usr/sbin/saslauthd
(saslauthd_t) "read" am Zugriff auf <Unknown> (usr_t).#012     For
complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l
fd56262f-2db7-46cd-9771-7a4fcc546531 Feb 16 15:06:05 mordor

setroubleshoot: #012    SELinux hindert /usr/sbin/saslauthd
(saslauthd_t) "read" am Zugriff auf <Unknown> (usr_t).#012     For
complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l
fd56262f-2db7-46cd-9771-7a4fcc546531

Sorry for the german versions, so i can translate all of those in one:

setroubleshoot: #012 SELinux stops [application] (xxxx_t) "whatever"
access to <Unknown> (usr_t)...

the rest of the lines is written in better english than mine.

Now the question: i run selinux in permissive-mode, as otherwise i
always have dozens of megs of log from aide. I thought, permissive-mode
never blocks, just reports.

So, now, what is fact? is this blocking or just saying that it is
blocking?

Thanks for your response.

Roger