For security type='none' libvirt according to the docs should not generate seclabel be it for selinux or any model. So, skip the reservation of labels when type is none. Signed-off-by: Shivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; --- src/security/security_selinux.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/security/security_selinux.c b/src/security/security_selinux.c index e8c13db..c21e4fe 100644 --- a/src/security/security_selinux.c +++ b/src/security/security_selinux.c @@ -731,7 +731,9 @@ virSecuritySELinuxReserveSecurityLabel(virSecurityManagerPtr mgr, virSecurityLabelDefPtr seclabel; seclabel = virDomainDefGetSecurityLabelDef(def, SECURITY_SELINUX_NAME); - if (!seclabel || seclabel->type == VIR_DOMAIN_SECLABEL_STATIC) + if (!seclabel || + seclabel->type == VIR_DOMAIN_SECLABEL_NONE || + seclabel->type == VIR_DOMAIN_SECLABEL_STATIC) return 0; if (getpidcon_raw(pid, &pctx) == -1) {