selinux is blocking keepalived scripts

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Issue

  • Scripts from /usr/libexec/keepalived called by keepalived are getting blocked.
  • The keepalived service lacks SELinux privleges to exec scripts, including tracking scripts and notification scripts.
  • Getting below AVC in /var/log/messages:
type=1400 audit(1442276258.336:33667): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=23327 comm="killall" name="1034" dev=proc ino=10849 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:crond_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=dir

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
  • SELinux-policy

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