When I boot a laptop with a Cardbus Ethernet card installed I get the following avc messages related to a kernel file handle. Is this a known issue? (1092707493.572:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2131 exe=/sbin/ip path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707493.581:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2133 exe=/sbin/iwconfig path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707493.591:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2135 exe=/sbin/ethtool path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707493.604:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2139 exe=/sbin/modprobe path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:insmod_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707493.634:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2141 exe=/sbin/ip path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707493.641:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2143 exe=/sbin/dhclient path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:dhcpc_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707498.179:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2316 exe=/sbin/ip path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707498.188:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2318 exe=/sbin/ethtool path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707498.195:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2320 exe=/sbin/ip path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707498.265:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2331 exe=/sbin/ifconfig path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707499.315:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2402 exe=/sbin/ip path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket audit(1092707499.369:0): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2409 exe=/sbin/ip path=socket:[921] dev=sockfs ino=921 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t tclass=unix_dgram_socket -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page