Description of problem: SELinux is preventing polkitd (polkit_t) "getattr" fs_t Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: not sure; didn't seem to affect what I was doing at the time; so many frustrations with OS in general, just trying to get some work done and didn't stop to look at this error in particular immediately Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: Summary: SELinux is preventing polkitd (polkit_t) "getattr" fs_t. Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by polkitd. It is not expected that this access is required by polkitd 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 FAQ (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 bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against this package. Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:polkit_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Context system_u:object_r:fs_t:s0 Target Objects / [ filesystem ] Source polkitd Source Path <Unknown> Port <Unknown> Host localhost.localdomain Source RPM Packages Target RPM Packages filesystem-2.4.21-1.fc11 Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.12-62.fc11 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall Host Name localhost.localdomain Platform Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Tue Jun 16 23:11:39 EDT 2009 i686 i686 Alert Count 11 First Seen Thu 23 Jul 2009 01:27:18 AM EDT Last Seen Fri 24 Jul 2009 09:31:20 PM EDT Local ID d9d63d78-0c75-49f2-a04b-b3f9eef3007a Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=localhost.localdomain type=AVC msg=audit(1248485480.3:731): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=15485 comm="polkitd" name="/" dev=dm-0 ino=2 scontext=system_u:system_r:polkit_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:fs_t:s0 tclass=filesystem
somebody ... anybody? please tell me if I still need to worry about this. Per SELinux troubleshooter reports, last seen 8/31, but having so much trouble with crashing and rebooting, wondering if it could somehow be preventing something still(?) thanks
This specific AVC denial was caused by a kernel bug in process accounting, which is fixed in 2.6.31.5 and later kernels. But the bug is otherwise harmless, this confusing AVC denial is its only consequence. It's definitely unrelated to any crashes.
*** Bug 518852 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***