SELinux Blocking Execution of /usr/lib/oci-linux-config/oci-dhclient.sh on OL9 Instances

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Applies To:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Oracle linux 9
Linux x86-64

Symptoms:

On newly created OL9 instances, SElinux is blocking the execution of /usr/lib/oci-linux-config/oci-dhclient.sh. When running dhclient, the following error appears:

# dhclient 

/etc/dhcp/dhclient.d/oci.sh: /usr/lib/oci-linux-config/oci-dhclient.sh: /usr/bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied

Cause:

The issue is related to SElinux policies, which are preventing the dhclient-script from executing the oci-dhclient.sh script due to mismatched security contexts. The dhcp client process, labeled with