Bug ID 542347: Denied message in audit log on first time boot

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.5.4 HF1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.5.4 HF3, 11.5.4 HF4, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 11.6.1 HF2

Opened: Aug 28, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

After booting BIG-IP for the first time, you may see a 'denied' message for the lastlog file in /var/log/audit.log: type=AVC msg=audit(1440786377.593:32): avc: denied { read write } for pid=5922 comm="login" name="lastlog" dev=md2 ino=18 scontext=system_u:system_r:local_login_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0 tclass=file.

Impact

This error message is benign and can be ignored.

Conditions

This can occur on first time boot of devices that contain version 11.x software in one of the image slots.

Workaround

None needed. This is cosmetic and does not indicate an issue with the system.

Fix Information

Fixed an erroneous error message in the audit log related to lastlog during manufacturing install.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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