'semodule' command fails with the error "libsepol.module_package_read_offsets: wrong magic number for module package"

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Issue

  • 'semodule' command fails with the error "libsepol.module_package_read_offsets: wrong magic number for module package" .

  • Receiving the  following error when trying to add/remove SELinux modules.

    [root@server1 audit]# semodule -i  mymodule.pp 
libsepol.module_package_read_offsets: wrong magic number for module package:  expected 4185718671, got 1685024010 
libsemanage.semanage_load_module: Error while reading from module file /etc/selinux/targeted/modules/tmp/modules/local.te.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • selinux-policy-2.4.6-279.el5_5.1

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