libreport version: 2.0.10 executable: /usr/bin/python2.7 hashmarkername: setroubleshoot kernel: 3.3.7-1.fc17.i686 time: Sun 27 May 2012 07:25:30 PM CEST description: :SELinux is preventing qemu-system-x86 from 'write' accesses on the file /home/dag/.libvirt/qemu/log/nixos-minimal-0.1pre34218-34232-i686-linux.iso.log. : :***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests *************************** : :If you believe that qemu-system-x86 should be allowed write access on the nixos-minimal-0.1pre34218-34232-i686-linux.iso.log 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 qemu-system-x86 /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol :# semodule -i mypol.pp : :Additional Information: :Source Context system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c262,c646 :Target Context unconfined_u:object_r:virt_home_t:s0 :Target Objects /home/dag/.libvirt/qemu/log/nixos- : minimal-0.1pre34218-34232-i686-linux.iso.log [ : file ] :Source qemu-system-x86 :Source Path qemu-system-x86 :Port <Unknown> :Host (removed) :Source RPM Packages :Target RPM Packages :Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-125.fc17.noarch :Selinux Enabled True :Policy Type targeted :Enforcing Mode Enforcing :Host Name (removed) :Platform Linux (removed) 3.3.7-1.fc17.i686 #1 SMP Mon May 21 : 22:50:24 UTC 2012 i686 i686 :Alert Count 1 :First Seen Sun 27 May 2012 07:24:07 PM CEST :Last Seen Sun 27 May 2012 07:24:07 PM CEST :Local ID 04dd0156-a1c6-4b5c-a770-3f68e028ea9e : :Raw Audit Messages :type=AVC msg=audit(1338139447.843:552): avc: denied { write } for pid=32087 comm="qemu-system-x86" path="/home/dag/.libvirt/qemu/log/nixos-minimal-0.1pre34218-34232-i686-linux.iso.log" dev="sda1" ino=265901 scontext=system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c262,c646 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:virt_home_t:s0 tclass=file : : :Hash: qemu-system-x86,svirt_t,virt_home_t,file,write : :audit2allowunable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : : :audit2allow -Runable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied : :
More generally, gnome-boxes fails to create boxes from images with the error message "Box creation failed!" at which point a SELinux alert like this one pops up.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 809910 ***