squid denial on F11 for var_run_t

[Paul Howarth]

On 16/06/09 14:53, Dominick Grift wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 09:18 -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>
>>>>> unconfined_t ->   squid_exec_t ->   unconfined_t
>>>>>
>>>>> But unconfined processes starting init scripts have a transition
>>>>>
>>>>> unconfined_t ->   initrc_exec_t ->   initrc_t ->   squid_exec_t ->   squid_t
>>>>>
>>>>> So any time you are using a confined process you should use the init
>>>>> script to start them, otherwise you could get mislabeled files.
>
> The AVC denial was about squid_t trying to access var_run_t.
>
> If unconfined_t executed squid_exec_t then the domain would not be
> squid_t.
>
> If squid would run as squid_t then the pid would not be var_run_t.
>
> The AVC denial does not seem to make sense. Maybe only if two squid
> processes were running, one unconfined and one confined, that were
> conflicting.

Perhaps squid was first run unconfined, creating /var/run/squid.pid that 
was var_run_t, then run again using the initscript, causing the denial 
when trying to access the pidfile?

Paul.