It looks that the root cause affects multiple packages. Observations: programs like lvchange have a similar problem:
# lvresize -L +1M /dev/mapper/vg-home SELinux context reset: setfscreatecon failed: Invalid argument SELinux context reset: setfscreatecon failed: Invalid argument ... It looks that the problem might be in the libselinux (procattr.c setprocattrcon_raw): ret = write(fd, NULL, 0); /* clear */ This always returns 'Invalid argument'. I was not able to reproduce this with standard system tools (echo, cat, tee, ...). Therefore I wrote some lines of C (attached): root@ubuntu:~# strace -f ./w2 ... openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/thread-self/attr/fscreate", O_RDWR|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 write(3, NULL, 0) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) dup(2) = 4 fcntl(4, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) brk(NULL) = 0x55af7b32a000 brk(0x55af7b34b000) = 0x55af7b34b000 fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0 write(4, "write: Invalid argument\n", 24write: Invalid argument ) = 24 close(4) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, ~[RTMIN RT_1], [], 8) = 0 getpid() = 10408 gettid() = 10408 tgkill(10408, 10408, SIGABRT) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 --- SIGABRT {si_signo=SIGABRT, si_code=SI_TKILL, si_pid=10408, si_uid=0} --- +++ killed by SIGABRT +++ Aborted I have no idea if this write(fd, NULL, 0) should work to reset the attribute (then it might be a kernel /proc problem) or if the library needs to use another mechanism to reset the content. ** Attachment added: "w2.c" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1769301/+attachment/5134236/+files/w2.c -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769301 Title: resetting /proc/thread-self/attr/fscreate results in 'Invalid Argument' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libselinux/+bug/1769301/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs