libreport version: 2.0.8 executable: /usr/bin/python hashmarkername: setroubleshoot kernel: 3.3.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc17.x86_64 reason: SELinux is preventing /usr/lib64/xulrunner-2/plugin-container from 'read' accesses on the file /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini. time: Sat 10 Mar 2012 11:09:17 AM CET description: :SELinux is preventing /usr/lib64/xulrunner-2/plugin-container from 'read' accesses on the file /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini. : :***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *************************** : :If you believe that plugin-container should be allowed read access on the profiles.ini file by default. :Then you should report this as a bug. :You can generate a local policy module to allow this access. :Do :allow this access for now by executing: :# grep plugin-containe /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol :# semodule -i mypol.pp : :Additional Information: :Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:mozilla_plugin_t:s0-s0:c : 0.c1023 :Target Context unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 :Target Objects /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini [ file ] :Source plugin-containe :Source Path /usr/lib64/xulrunner-2/plugin-container :Port <Unknown> :Host (removed) :Source RPM Packages xulrunner-10.0.1-3.fc17.x86_64 :Target RPM Packages :Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-95.fc17.noarch :Selinux Enabled True :Policy Type targeted :Enforcing Mode Permissive :Host Name (removed) :Platform Linux (removed) 3.3.0-0.rc6.git0.2.fc17.x86_64 #1 : SMP Mon Mar 5 16:54:07 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 :Alert Count 1 :First Seen Sat 10 Mar 2012 10:41:45 AM CET :Last Seen Sat 10 Mar 2012 10:41:45 AM CET :Local ID d276738c-0dda-438e-aacb-14b90cd0acc0 : :Raw Audit Messages :type=AVC msg=audit(1331372505.468:68): avc: denied { read } for pid=1926 comm="plugin-containe" name="profiles.ini" dev="dm-2" ino=790713 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:mozilla_plugin_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 tclass=file : : :type=AVC msg=audit(1331372505.468:68): avc: denied { open } for pid=1926 comm="plugin-containe" name="profiles.ini" dev="dm-2" ino=790713 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:mozilla_plugin_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 tclass=file : : :type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1331372505.468:68): arch=x86_64 syscall=open success=yes exit=EFAULT a0=7fe3647c2040 a1=0 a2=18 a3=7fff94cad6a0 items=0 ppid=1490 pid=1926 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=1 comm=plugin-containe exe=/usr/lib64/xulrunner-2/plugin-container subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:mozilla_plugin_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) : :Hash: plugin-containe,mozilla_plugin_t,admin_home_t,file,read : :audit2allowunable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : : :audit2allow -Runable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : :
Are you running firefox as root? not a good idea.
i know that working as root is not a good idea, but i had to fix my system as X11 segfaulted. Any ideas regarding this bug?
Yes it is not supported.
*** Bug 1067795 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***