Re: [clueless-user]Should I ignore or report this avc denial?

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On 09/27/2012 04:21 AM, Dominick Grift wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 03:40:32PM -0700, Sergio wrote:
>> Hello. For quite some time I have this avc denial at boot time:
>> 
>> f17 kernel: [   24.589672] type=1400 audit(1348484525.104:4): avc:
>> denied  { mmap_zero } for  pid=449 comm="vbetool"
>> scontext=system_u:system_r:vbetool_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
>> tcontext=system_u:system_r:vbetool_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=memprotect
>> 
>> I know it's for vbetool but it comes right after the video driver module
>> is loaded (don't know if it makes sense).
>> 
>> Should I leave it alone? Should I report to selinux-policy-targeted as a
>> bug? Or maybe create some policy to work around that?
> 
> The policy configuration supports two options:
> 
> 1. silently deny this: setsebool -P vbetool_mmap_zero_ignore on
> 
> or
> 
> 2. allow this: setsebool -P mmap_low_allowed on
> 
> 
> 
>> 
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>> 
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A better solution is probably

yum remove vbetool

Since most people do not need it.
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