Hi,

I have an attached printer on a SL5.3 system.  SELinux prevents printing with the
following sealert message:

Summary:

SELinux is preventing hp (hplip_t) "read write" to socket (cupsd_t).

Detailed Description:

SELinux denied access requested by hp. It is not expected that this access is
required by hp and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also
possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is
causing it to require additional access.

Allowing Access:

You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ
(http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable
SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended.
Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi)
against this package.

Additional Information:

Source Context                system_u:system_r:hplip_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh
Target Context                system_u:system_r:cupsd_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh
Target Objects                socket [ unix_stream_socket ]
Source                        hp
Source Path                   /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          beauty
Source RPM Packages           hplip-1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-2.4.6-203.el5
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   catchall
Host Name                     beauty
Platform                      Linux beauty 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 #1 SMP Wed Apr 1
                              07:03:59 EDT 2009 i686 i686
Alert Count                   8
First Seen                    Thu Apr 23 11:19:05 2009
Last Seen                     Wed May  6 14:30:08 2009
Local ID                      ba70412d-c28b-4706-a7b4-307382d8e97e
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

host=beauty type=AVC msg=audit(1241645408.355:12867): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=7124 comm="hp" path="socket:[587466]" dev=sockfs ino=587466 scontext=system_u:system_r:hplip_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:system_r:cupsd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=unix_stream_socket

host=beauty type=AVC msg=audit(1241645408.355:12867): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=7124 comm="hp" path="socket:[587465]" dev=sockfs ino=587465 scontext=system_u:system_r:hplip_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:system_r:cupsd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=unix_stream_socket

host=beauty type=AVC msg=audit(1241645408.355:12867): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=7124 comm="hp" path="socket:[587466]" dev=sockfs ino=587466 scontext=system_u:system_r:hplip_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:system_r:cupsd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=unix_stream_socket

host=beauty type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1241645408.355:12867): arch=40000003 syscall=11 success=yes exit=0 a0=bfe57794 a1=834afd8 a2=bfe560e0 a3=bfe55ea0 items=0 ppid=2608 pid=7124 auid=4294967295 uid=4 gid=7 euid=4 suid=4 fsuid=4 egid=7 sgid=7 fsgid=7 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="hp" exe="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp" subj=system_u:system_r:hplip_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)


Other than turning off SELinux, how may this be fixed?  Is there an update coming which will
fix this problem?
NOTE:  This problem is not experienced when printing to networked printers.

Philip