Description of problem: I was installing firestarter when the crash happened. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Summary SELinux is preventing /sbin/modprobe (insmod_t) "sys_nice" to <Unknown> (insmod_t). Detailed Description SELinux denied access requested by /sbin/modprobe. It is not expected that this access is required by /sbin/modprobe and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is causing it to require additional access. Allowing Access You can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385 Or you can disable SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended. Please file a http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi against this package. Additional Information Source Context system_u:system_r:insmod_t Target Context system_u:system_r:insmod_t Target Objects None [ capability ] Affected RPM Packages module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre11.1.0.fc7 [application] Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.6.4-57.fc7 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name plugins.catchall Host Name localhost.localdomain Platform Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.1-21.fc7 #1 SMP Thu Nov 1 21:09:24 EDT 2007 i686 i686 Alert Count 2 First Seen Wed 05 Dec 2007 03:16:42 PM PST Last Seen Wed 05 Dec 2007 03:19:26 PM PST Local ID 93cbf78d-03ce-44af-be58-2fe831c35cc2 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages avc: denied { sys_nice } for comm="modprobe" egid=0 euid=0 exe="/sbin/modprobe" exit=0 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 pid=2908 scontext=system_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0 sgid=0 subj=system_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=capability tcontext=system_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
This was clearly meant to be assigned to module-init-tools, not intltool.
Found this bug when hunting down things assigned to the wrong account, refiled it with dwalsh as it's SE Linux policy related.
This has been fixed for months.