On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 15:22 +0100, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> I ran sudo yum update today and selinux-policy-targeted was updated
> (along with another selinux related package whose name I can't remember)
> and immediately my system became unresponsive and I had to do a hard reboot.
>
> Now I cannot boot into FC3 at all (I'm posting this from Windows). This
> is the error I get:
>
> audit(1119882959.657:0): avc: denied { execmod } for pid=1 comm=init
> path=/lib/tls/libc-2.3.5.so dev=hda3 ino=2638668
> scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:shlib_t
> tclass=file
> /sbin/init: error while loading shared libraries : /lib/tls/libc.so.6:
> cannot apply additional memory protection after relocation: Permission
> denied
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>
> Any suggestions on what to do?
>
> I know I can boot with selinux=0. After that, what? Attempt to reinstall
> selinux?
BTW, boot with enforcing=0 rather than selinux=0. That turns permission
denials into just warnings, but continues to apply SELinux labeling as
usual.
--
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency
