Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 "write" access on sr0. Detailed Description: [SELinux is in permissive mode. This access was not denied.] SELinux denied access requested by qemu-system-x86. It is not expected that this access is required by qemu-system-x86 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://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Please file a bug report. Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c13,c411 Target Context system_u:object_r:virt_content_t:s0 Target Objects sr0 [ blk_file ] Source qemu-system-x86 Source Path /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages qemu-system-x86-0.12.2-4.fc12 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.32-78.fc12 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Permissive Plugin Name catchall Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.32.7-41.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 3 21:08:10 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 1 First Seen fim 4.feb 2010, 08:52:09 GMT Last Seen fim 4.feb 2010, 08:52:09 GMT Local ID 66d3bb3f-adf3-4b29-8d99-5e2e48952dde Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1265273529.818:30138): avc: denied { write } for pid=4362 comm="qemu-system-x86" name="sr0" dev=devtmpfs ino=4232 scontext=system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c13,c411 tcontext=system_u:object_r:virt_content_t:s0 tclass=blk_file node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1265273529.818:30138): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-30 a0=21b07e0 a1=81002 a2=0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=4362 auid=4294967295 uid=107 gid=107 euid=107 suid=107 fsuid=107 egid=107 sgid=107 fsgid=107 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="qemu-system-x86" exe="/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64" subj=system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c13,c411 key=(null) Hash String generated from selinux-policy-3.6.32-78.fc12,catchall,qemu-system-x86,svirt_t,virt_content_t,blk_file,write audit2allow suggests: #============= svirt_t ============== allow svirt_t virt_content_t:blk_file write;
I was running Virtual Machine Manager 0.8.2 and creating a new virtual machine. Using Local install media Everything was default settings, installing winXP The error comes as soon as the VM starts.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 536760 ***