Hello! After some experiments it was somewhat clear for me that this must be a SELinux or policy 'problem'. The problem is, that the things are set up during boot time and I did not receive any hint what was going on.
Therefore I disabled the 'virtio_net' module during boot, set the system to enforcing an loaded the module manually: # run_init modprobe virtio_net I got this AVC type=USER_AVC msg=audit(1407598899.576:95): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='avc: denied { start } for auid=-1 uid=0 gid=0 path="/lib/systemd/system/ifup@.service" scontext=system_u:system_r:udev_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:systemd_unit_file_t:s0 tclass=service exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" sauid=0 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?' created policy file from it, rebooted, modprobe again and another AVC: type=USER_AVC msg=audit(1407599868.756:93): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='avc: denied { status } for auid=-1 uid=0 gid=0 path="/lib/systemd/system/ifup@.service" scontext=system_u:system_r:udev_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:systemd_unit_file_t:s0 tclass=service exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" sauid=0 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?' This was all I got - no more AVCs. For me the resulting policy file is: # cat local-network-hotplug.te policy_module(localnetworkhotplug, 1.0.1) gen_require(` type udev_t; type systemd_unit_file_t; ') allow udev_t systemd_unit_file_t:service { start status }; After loading this policy, re-enabling the module during boot, the eth0 interface was brought up directly during boot. Adding this rule solves the problem for me. === Start Assumptions In refpolicy-2.20140421/policy/modules/system/systemd.te I found: allow init_t systemd_unit_file_t:service { stop start status }; in the Debian patch to the ref-policy. IMHO not only init but also udev should be able to start / stop / status a service like ifup (especially for hotplug). root@debselinux01:~# ls -Z /lib/systemd/system/ifup\@.service system_u:object_r:systemd_unit_file_t:SystemLow /lib/systemd/system/ifup@.service === End Assumptions Kind regards Andre root@debselinux01:~# dpkg -l | grep systemd ii libpam-systemd:amd64 208-6 amd64 system and service manager - PAM module ii libsystemd-daemon0:amd64 208-6 amd64 systemd utility library ii libsystemd-journal0:amd64 208-6 amd64 systemd journal utility library ii libsystemd-login0:amd64 208-6 amd64 systemd login utility library ii systemd 208-6 amd64 system and service manager ii systemd-sysv 208-6 amd64 system and service manager - SysV links root@debselinux01:~# dpkg -l | grep udev ii libudev1:amd64 208-6 amd64 libudev shared library ii udev 208-6 amd64 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon root@debselinux01:~# dpkg -l | grep selinux ii libselinux1:amd64 2.3-1 amd64 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii python-selinux 2.3-1 amd64 Python bindings to SELinux shared libraries ii selinux-basics 0.5.2 all SELinux basic support ii selinux-policy-default 2:2.20140421-4 all Strict and Targeted variants of the SELinux policy ii selinux-policy-dev 2:2.20140421-4 all Headers from the SELinux reference policy for building modules ii selinux-utils 2.3-1 amd64 SELinux utility programs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org