Why I am getting SELinux denials when rotating audit logs using logrotate ?

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Issue

  • Why I am getting selinux denials when rotating audit logs using logrotate ?
  • The AVC's are:
type=AVC msg=audit(1405669322.312:340285): avc:  denied  { ioctl } for  pid=12526 comm="gzip" path="/var/log/audit/audit.log-20140718.gz" dev=dm-5 ino=264102 scontext=system_u:system_r:logrotate_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:auditd_log_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1405669322.861:340286): avc:  denied  { unlink } for  pid=12493 comm="logrotate" name="audit.log-20140718" dev=dm-5 ino=264074 scontext=system_u:system_r:logrotate_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:auditd_log_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1404198541.541:1193914): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=12549 comm="logrotate" path="/var/log/audit/audit.log" dev=dm-5 ino=262678 scontext=system_u:system_r:logrotate_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:auditd_log_t:s0 tclass=file

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All Versions)
  • selinux-policy
  • audit

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