Why can not user_t link var_lib_t files?

[John Dennis]

Göran Uddeborg wrote:
> Göran Uddeborg writes:
>> I retriggered it, and attach the mail setroubleshoot sent me.
> 
> It looked wierd in my mail client when I got it back.  I'm not sure
> why, and if its buggy when reading or when writing.  Just in case, I
> reran sealert and include the output below.
> 
> 
> Summary:
> 
> SELinux is preventing ln (user_t) "link" to
> ./30392D30342D3132202D20535654312056C3A473746E797474202D204D65726C696E202D20427269747469736B742066616E746173796472616D615F2044656C2031332061762031335F2056C3A46E736B61705F206C6F6A616C69746574206F6368206B2E7473
> (var_lib_t).

Sometimes the kernel audit system encodes strings as hex if there are
any unusual characters in the string (including a space). setroubleshoot
 is supposed to automatically turn hex encoded strings back into a
string, but it looks like in this instance it didn't. The string is
actually:

09-04-12 - SVT1 V\xc3\xa4stnytt - Merlin - Brittiskt fantasydrama_ Del
13 av 13_ V\xc3\xa4nskap_ lojalitet och k.ts
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