Bug 2394936 - Selinux reports permissive nfs related blockings
Summary: Selinux reports permissive nfs related blockings
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 42
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Zdenek Pytela
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-09-13 06:05 UTC by Marek Greško
Modified: 2025-10-10 00:50 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-42.12-1.fc42
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2025-10-10 00:50:49 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:
zpytela: mirror+


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Github fedora-selinux selinux-policy pull 2872 0 None open Allow nfs generator create and use netlink and udp sockets 2025-09-15 07:32:45 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker FC-2245 0 None None None 2025-09-15 07:35:44 UTC

Description Marek Greško 2025-09-13 06:05:13 UTC
Description of problem:

There are various logs with nfs related blockings:

AVC avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=179463 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=netlink_route_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { bind } for  pid=179463 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=netlink_route_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=179463 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=netlink_route_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { nlmsg_read } for  pid=179463 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=netlink_route_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=179463 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { connect } for  pid=179463 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=179463 comm="nfs-server-gene" laddr=serveripv4address lport=36023 faddr=clientipv4address scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=179767 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=netlink_route_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { bind } for  pid=179767 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=netlink_route_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=179767 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=netlink_route_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { nlmsg_read } for  pid=179767 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=netlink_route_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=179767 comm="nfs-server-gene" laddr=serveripv6address lport=60487 faddr=clientipv6address scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { connect } for  pid=179767 comm="nfs-server-gene" laddr=serveripv6address lport=60487 faddr=clientipv6address scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1
AVC avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=179767 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1
type=1400 audit(1757654984.817:4): avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=1078 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1
type=1400 audit(1757654984.817:5): avc:  denied  { setopt } for  pid=1078 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1
type=1400 audit(1757654984.817:6): avc:  denied  { connect } for  pid=1078 comm="nfs-server-gene" scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_nfs_generator_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket permissive=1


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-targeted-42.8-1.fc42.noarch

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-10-05 19:50:01 UTC
FEDORA-2025-586ab05666 (selinux-policy-42.12-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-586ab05666

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-10-06 01:51:56 UTC
FEDORA-2025-586ab05666 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-586ab05666`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-586ab05666

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-10-10 00:50:49 UTC
FEDORA-2025-586ab05666 (selinux-policy-42.12-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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