Error loading libsepol on during system boot

W. Michael Petullo mike at flyn.org
Thu Apr 7 15:23:00 UTC 2005


>> I have been sitting on a problem for a few weeks, waiting to see if a
>> forthcoming policy package would fix it.  I wanted to mention it on this
>> mailing list before entering it into Bugzilla because I am not convinced
>> it is not my fault.
>>
>> When I try to boot my system with Fedora's strict policy, the process
>> stops with the following message:
>>
>> ... denied { execmem } for pid=1 comm=init
>> scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t tcontext=system_u:system_r:init_t
>> tclass=process
>> /sbin/init: error while loading shared libraries: libsepol.so.1: failed
>> to map segment from shared object: Permission denied
>> kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>>
>> I am using:
>>
>> SysVinit-2.85-37
>> selinux-policy-strict-1.23.6-3
>> libsepol-1.5.3-1
>>
>> Has anyone else experienced this?

> If your architecture is ppc32, then you are likely encountering the
> issue described in bugzilla 149819.  A patch was created and upstreamed,
> and included in the rawhide kernel, so you shouldn't still see it if you
> have updated your kernel.

Yes, my architecture is ppc.  Upgrading my kernel fixed the problem. 
Thank you, Stephen.

--
Mike





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