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Hi, on an up to date CentOS 5.4 x86_64 (test machine), I systematically get the following SELinux denial when I start a QEMU/KVM virtual machine via virt-manager: SELinux is preventing qemu-kvm (qemu_t) "execute" to /dev/zero (zero_device_t). (full alert below) Running the command suggested by the alert (restorecon -v '/dev/zero') does not solve the problem. This does not prevent the VM to run, but I would like to better understand what is happening here and the potential impa...

...what step I may have missed in setting up a kvm guest? All I have done so far is: Install qemu. Set libvirtd to start at boot. Bridge eth0 to br0 via customs ifcfg-X scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. Run virt-manager. Add a new guest. Summary: SELinux is preventing qemu-system-x86 (qemu_t) "read" to rtc (clock_device_t). Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by qemu-system-x86. It is not expected that this access is required by qemu-system-x86 and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration o...