🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2026
Affected versions: RHEL 10.0 RHEL 10.1

📖 ~1 min read

Table of contents
  1. Problem Summary
  2. Symptoms
  3. Diagnostics
  4. Root Cause
  5. Primary Fix
  6. Verification
  7. Prevention
  8. Rollback
  9. Automation
  10. Command Reference
  11. Escalation
  12. Related Notes

Problem Summary

Application execution denied by file access policy daemon.

Symptoms

Users receive operation not permitted when launching binary.

Diagnostics

Review /var/log/messages and fapolicyd report output.

Root Cause

Unsigned or untrusted binary path absent from allow rules.

Primary Fix

Add scoped allow rule and update fapolicyd trust database.

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Illustrative mockup for rhel-10 — rhel10-b02-p47-1
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Verification

Run binary successfully and verify no new deny events.

Illustrative mockup for rhel-10 — rhel10-b02-p47-2
Illustrative mockup — Progressive Robot — Illustrative mockup — Progressive Robot

Prevention

Sign artifacts and ship through controlled package channels.

Rollback

Remove temporary broad allow rules after validation.

Automation

Generate rules from trusted package manifest.

Command Reference

fapolicyd-cli –update; systemctl restart fapolicyd

Escalation

Provide rule files and denied hash details.

SELinux and fapolicyd denials can appear together; inspect both.

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