Bug 1582203 - SELinux is preventing sddm-greeter from map access on the chr_file /dev/nvidiactl
Summary: SELinux is preventing sddm-greeter from map access on the chr_file /dev/nvidi...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 28
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Lukas Vrabec
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-05-24 13:57 UTC by Vitaly
Modified: 2018-05-26 20:44 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.14.1-29.fc28
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Last Closed: 2018-05-26 20:44:29 UTC
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Description Vitaly 2018-05-24 13:57:59 UTC
Description of problem:
SELinux is preventing sddm-greeter from map access on the chr_file /dev/nvidiactl

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-3.14.1-25.fc28

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install NVIDIA drivers (from RPMFusion).
2. Reboot.

Actual results:
SDDM hangs on login screen.

Expected results:
Successful boot.

Additional info:

kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1527169499.626:160): avc:  denied  { map } for  pid=976 comm="sddm-greeter" path="/dev/nvidiactl" dev="devtmpfs" ino=19511 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:xserver_misc_device_t:s0 tclass=chr_file permissive=1
audit[976]: AVC avc:  denied  { map } for  pid=976 comm="sddm-greeter" path="/dev/nvidiactl" dev="devtmpfs" ino=19511 scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:xserver_misc_device_t:s0 tclass=chr_file permissive=1
audit[976]: SYSCALL arch=c000003e syscall=9 success=yes exit=140621817901056 a0=0 a1=105000 a2=3 a3=1 items=0 ppid=968 pid=976 auid=4294967295 uid=982 gid=975 euid=982 suid=982 fsuid=982 egid=975 sgid=975 fsgid=975 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sddm-greeter" exe="/usr/bin/sddm-greeter" subj=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)

Full log from another Bodhi user: https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/iVsH2eyhwjgnqMs4d9Behg

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2018-05-24 14:36:07 UTC
selinux-policy-3.14.1-29.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a74875b364

Comment 2 John W Smith 2018-05-25 14:29:47 UTC
Same problem here. Changing SELINUX=permissive in /etc/selinux/config is a temporary workaround.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2018-05-25 18:42:38 UTC
selinux-policy-3.14.1-29.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a74875b364

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2018-05-26 20:44:29 UTC
selinux-policy-3.14.1-29.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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