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Description of problem: It seems bug 1266068 has returned in F24. When I try to start hostapd (via systemctl) it fails with an SELinux alert (see below). If I reenable the workaround I used in F23, it starts working again. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-targeted-3.13.1-184.fc24.noarch hostapd-2.5-2.fc24.x86_64 kernel-4.5.2-301.fc24.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. systemctl start hostapd Actual results: It fails to come up. Expected results: Running hostapd. Additional info: My workaround, which seems to solve the problem this time around too, is allow hostapd_t hostapd_t:netlink_generic_socket { create setopt bind getattr read write }; The alert I saw before I activated the workaround looked like this type=AVC msg=audit(1462607471.299:74923): avc: denied { create } for pid=3299 comm="hostapd" scontext=system_u:system_r:hostapd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:hostapd_t:s0 tclass=netlink_generic_socket permissive=0
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