SELinux blocks sudo podman

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Broken SELinux context results in podman not being able to run with sudo and gives permission denied error: sesh: unable to execute /bin/podman: Permission denied.
  • Confined selinux user staff_u cannot transition to unconfined_r, unconfined_t and run sudo podman ....

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Podman (all versions)
  • container-selinux-2.179.1-1

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