SElinux AVC for VPN: Does NetworkManager need access to consolehelper?

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I’m getting this when I try to use the Cisco-compatible VPN in NM.

SELinux is preventing nm-vpnc-service from execute access on the file /usr/bin/consolehelper.

*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests   **************************

If you believe that nm-vpnc-service should be allowed execute access on the consolehelper file by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# ausearch -c 'nm-vpnc-service' --raw | audit2allow -M my-nmvpncservice
# semodule -X 300 -i my-nmvpncservice.pp

Additional Information:
Source Context                system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:consolehelper_exec_t:s0
Target Objects                /usr/bin/consolehelper [ file ]
Source                        nm-vpnc-service
Source Path                   nm-vpnc-service
Port                          <Unknown>

Source RPM Packages           
Target RPM Packages           usermode-1.114-12.fc42.x86_64
SELinux Policy RPM            selinux-policy-targeted-41.40-1.fc42.noarch
Local Policy RPM              selinux-policy-targeted-41.40-1.fc42.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing

Platform                      Linux wrangler 6.14.6-300.fc42.x86_64 #1 SMP
                              PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May  9 20:11:19 UTC 2025
                              x86_64
Alert Count                   8
First Seen                    2025-05-21 17:30:10 PDT
Last Seen                     2025-05-22 12:48:52 PDT
Local ID                      5a373c99-3858-486d-830d-923e45a60064

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1747943332.644:77): avc:  denied  { execute } for  pid=3719479 comm="nm-vpnc-service" name="consolehelper" dev="dm-2" ino=8249 scontext=system_u:system_r:NetworkManager_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:consolehelper_exec_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0


Hash: nm-vpnc-service,NetworkManager_t,consolehelper_exec_t,file,execute
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I’m seeing this, too. In f42, /bin/vpnc is a symlink to consolehelper.

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Doh! Yes, I see that now. Should have checked further; only noticed the first indirection. So the answer is ‘yes’, NM needs to be able to run consolehelper…unless that link is wrong to begin with. I opened an issue on github for it.