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Bug
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Resolution: Done-Errata
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Normal
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rhel-9.5
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scap-security-guide-0.1.76-1.el9
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None
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Moderate
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rhel-security-compliance
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ssg_security
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30
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1
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False
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False
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No
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None
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Approved Exception
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Pass
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None
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Unspecified Release Note Type - Unknown
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None
What were you trying to do that didn't work?
When system is configured with user.max_user_namespaces=0 irqbalance service fails to start with the following error:
Jun 05 14:19:35 localhost systemd[1]: Started irqbalance daemon.
Jun 05 14:19:35 localhost systemd[683]: irqbalance.service: Failed to set up user namespacing: No space left on device
Jun 05 14:19:35 localhost systemd[683]: irqbalance.service: Failed at step USER spawning /usr/sbin/irqbalance: No space left on device
Jun 05 14:19:35 localhost systemd[1]: irqbalance.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER
Jun 05 14:19:35 localhost systemd[1]: irqbalance.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:
irqbalance-1.9.4-1.el9
How reproducible:
deterministic
Steps to reproduce
# sysctl user.max_user_namespaces user.max_user_namespaces = 18479 # echo user.max_user_namespaces=0 >> /etc/sysctl.conf # tail /etc/sysctl.conf ... user.max_user_namespaces=0 # reboot # #After reboot check status of the service to see the error: # systemctl status irqbalance
Expected results
irqbalance service starts without errors even if user.max_user_namespaces=0 is configured.
Actual results
irqbalance service fails with user.max_user_namespaces=0.
- is incorporated by
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- Closed
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- links to
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RHBA-2025:146930
scap-security-guide bug fix and enhancement update
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RHBA-2025:147114
scap-security-guide bug fix and enhancement update
