Bug 2338135

Summary: SELinux is preventing power-profiles- from write access on the file energy_performance_preference
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ludovic <ludovic>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Zdenek Pytela <zpytela>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 41CC: dwalsh, ludovic, lvrabec, mmalik, omosnacek, pkoncity, vmojzis, zpytela
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Description Ludovic 2025-01-15 09:21:26 UTC
When plugging in the laptop, an SELinux error message appears about an AVC denial.

Fedora 41 is fully up to date, been having this issue for a while now (possibly ever since upgrading to F41).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. have fedora up and running, with the laptop unplugged
2. plugin the charging cable
3. message "New SELinux security alert - AVC denial" shows up after a second or so


Expected Results:  
No error message from SELinux.

SELinux is preventing power-profiles- from write access on the file energy_performance_preference.

*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests   **************************

If you believe that power-profiles- should be allowed write access on the energy_performance_preference file by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# ausearch -c 'power-profiles-' --raw | audit2allow -M my-powerprofiles
# semodule -X 300 -i my-powerprofiles.pp

Additional Information:
Source Context                system_u:system_r:powerprofiles_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0
Target Objects                energy_performance_preference [ file ]
Source                        power-profiles-
Source Path                   power-profiles-
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          x1
Source RPM Packages           
Target RPM Packages           
SELinux Policy RPM            selinux-policy-targeted-41.28-1.fc41.noarch
Local Policy RPM              selinux-policy-targeted-41.28-1.fc41.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Host Name                     x1
Platform                      Linux x1 6.12.9-200.fc41.x86_64 #1 SMP
                              PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Jan  9 16:05:40 UTC 2025
                              x86_64
Alert Count                   190
First Seen                    2024-12-02 11:06:54 CET
Last Seen                     2025-01-15 10:03:20 CET
Local ID                      3bdc0e66-1cb4-45ca-a520-f567cfd189e9

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1736931800.197:326): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=1459 comm="power-profiles-" name="energy_performance_preference" dev="sysfs" ino=16683 scontext=system_u:system_r:powerprofiles_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=1


Hash: power-profiles-,powerprofiles_t,sysfs_t,file,write

Comment 1 Zdenek Pytela 2025-01-27 14:02:01 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2334965 ***