From: Stephen Smalley <s...@tycho.nsa.gov>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 09:43:45 -0400
> Calling connect() with an AF_TIPC socket would trigger a series
> of error messages from SELinux along the lines of:
> SELinux: Invalid class 0
> type=AVC msg=audit(1434126658.487:34500): avc: denied { <unprintable> }
> for pid=292 comm="kworker/u16:5" scontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0
> tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclass=<unprintable>
> permissive=0
>
> This was due to a failure to initialize the security state of the new
> connection sock by the tipc code, leaving it with junk in the security
> class field and an unlabeled secid. Add a call to security_sk_clone()
> to inherit the security state from the parent socket.
>
> Reported-by: Tim Shearer <tim.shea...@overturenetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <s...@tycho.nsa.gov>
> Acked-by: Paul Moore <p...@paul-moore.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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