Not sure if this one is a bug or same mistake on my part (mainly because I'm not sure how to reproduce it, as it seems to depend on pid), but I will report just in case It seems like it couldn't remove log file >>> Emerging (16 of 22) sec-policy/selinux-rpm-9999 >>> Unpacking source... GIT update --> repository: git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/hardened-refpolicy.git at the commit: 682d8946d13ce9bb5e5ec4faef96077c9f08c359 branch: master storage directory: "/usr/portage/distfiles/egit-src/hardened-refpolicy.git" checkout type: bare repository Cloning into '/var/tmp/portage/sec-policy/selinux-rpm-9999/work/refpolicy'... done. Branch branch-master set up to track remote branch master from origin. Switched to a new branch 'branch-master' >>> Unpacked to /var/tmp/portage/sec-policy/selinux-rpm-9999/work/refpolicy >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/sec-policy/selinux-rpm-9999/work sandbox:setup_sandbox could not unlink old log file: /var/log/sandbox/sandbox-23713.log: Permission denied sandbox:main failed to setup sandbox * The ebuild phase 'prepare' has exited unexpectedly. This type of * behavior is known to be triggered by things such as failed variable * assignments (bug #190128) or bad substitution errors (bug #200313). * Normally, before exiting, bash should have displayed an error message * above. If bash did not produce an error message above, it's possible * that the ebuild has called `exit` when it should have called `die` * instead. This behavior may also be triggered by a corrupt bash binary or * a hardware problem such as memory or cpu malfunction. If the problem is * not reproducible or it appears to occur randomly, then it is likely to * be triggered by a hardware problem. If you suspect a hardware problem * then you should try some basic hardware diagnostics such as memtest. * Please do not report this as a bug unless it is consistently * reproducible and you are sure that your bash binary and hardware are * functioning properly. >>> Failed to emerge sec-policy/selinux-rpm-9999, Log file: Indeed there is a lot of them: # ls -lZ /var/log/sandbox total 160 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 390 Sep 11 03:20 sandbox-17165.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 631 Oct 18 00:34 sandbox-23632.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 577 Oct 18 00:34 sandbox-23634.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 647 Oct 18 00:34 sandbox-23711.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 1003 Oct 18 00:34 sandbox-23713.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 344 Nov 13 21:46 sandbox-24394.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 413 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31767.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 415 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31771.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 396 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31809.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 408 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31811.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 410 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31812.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 412 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31813.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 431 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31816.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 398 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31817.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 419 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31818.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 414 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31819.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 422 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31821.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 426 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31822.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 428 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31823.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 430 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31824.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 420 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31825.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 428 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31827.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 416 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31829.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 442 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31832.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 405 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31840.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 431 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31857.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 430 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31870.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 422 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31884.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 406 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31887.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 404 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31889.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 405 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31891.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 403 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31893.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 411 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31899.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 407 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31901.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 408 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31905.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 440 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31916.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 439 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31917.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 451 Oct 18 00:35 sandbox-31928.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 441 Nov 7 14:43 sandbox-8087.log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:var_log_t 518 Nov 7 04:49 sandbox-8304.log When grepping log for 23713 it's the only one on 21:18:39 Nov 14 21:18:39 lain kernel: [41071.803979] type=1400 audit(1352924319.901:182): avc: denied { write } for pid=23713 comm="sandbox" name="sandbox" dev="dm-0" ino=2490386 scontext=staff_u:sysadm_r:portage_sandbox_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t tclass=dir Reproducible: Always Portage 2.1.11.31 (hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib/selinux, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.16.0, 3.6.6-hardened x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.6.6-hardened-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i3_CPU_M_350_@_2.27GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:30:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p39 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.9-r1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27.1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.16.0 Repositories: gentoo x11 hardened-dev my_local_overlay ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA AdobeFlash-10.3 PUEL skype-4.0.0.7-copyright google-talkplugin" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O3 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox selinux sesandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en 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I think I got it (created a lot of links to one file with var_log_t context after restorecon) Enforcing: Nov 14 23:46:53 lain kernel: [49948.096304] type=1400 audit(1352933213.845:1496): avc: denied { write } for pid=742 comm="sandbox" name="sandbox" dev="dm-0" ino=2490386 scontext=staff_u:sysadm_r:portage_sandbox_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t tclass=dir Permissive: Nov 14 23:47:12 lain kernel: [49966.622178] type=1400 audit(1352933232.408:1498): avc: denied { write } for pid=877 comm="sandbox" name="sandbox" dev="dm-0" ino=2490386 scontext=staff_u:sysadm_r:portage_sandbox_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t tclass=dir Nov 14 23:47:12 lain kernel: [49966.622201] type=1400 audit(1352933232.408:1499): avc: denied { remove_name } for pid=877 comm="sandbox" name="sandbox-877.log" dev="dm-0" ino=2492418 scontext=staff_u:sysadm_r:portage_sandbox_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t tclass=dir Nov 14 23:47:12 lain kernel: [49966.622220] type=1400 audit(1352933232.408:1500): avc: denied { unlink } for pid=877 comm="sandbox" name="sandbox-877.log" dev="dm-0" ino=2492418 scontext=staff_u:sysadm_r:portage_sandbox_t tcontext=staff_u:object_r:var_log_t tclass=lnk_file
Probably needs a separate type (either sandbox_log_t or portage_sandbox_log_t, depends a bit) as it seems to be very isolated (and specific).
When SELinux is running in enforcing mode, any sandbox-trapped failures are not properly logged inside /var/log/sandbox. This means we need to allow this (as it is an important source for debugging). I *might* have a file transition towards portage_log_t if portage_sandbox_t writes inside a var_log_t, although I would like /var/log/sandbox to be something like sandbox_log_t. But then that means I'll need to have a sandbox module (which doesn't exist yet). Or I have it marked as portage_log_t, but that means that other applications using sandbox might suddenly not be able to write to this location. So the first thought is probably the best one to pick for now.
Should be fixed in repo, will be in r8
r8 in hardened-dev overlay
r8 is now in main tree, ~arch
r8 is now stable