This happens every time I log in to the machine (or scp a file to it): host=norfair.test.redhat.com type=AVC msg=audit(1207334595.476:37): avc: denied { link } for pid=4484 comm="sshd" scontext=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=key host=norfair.test.redhat.com type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1207334595.476:37): arch=c000003e syscall=250 success=no exit=-13 a0=8 a1=fffffffc a2=fffffffd a3=7fff37966da0 items=0 ppid=2214 pid=4484 auid=4294967295 uid=500 gid=500 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sshd" exe="/usr/sbin/sshd" subj=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
This is a known kernel issue, and a bugzilla has been opened. I am dontaudit this in the latest policy until the issue is fixed. You can allow this for now by executing # audit2allow -M mypol -i /var/log/audit/audit.log # semodule -i mypol.pp Fixed in selinux-policy-3.3.1-29.fc9