What is mean message: "Detected unsafe path transitions"?

[Babiz]

Hi to all, today I’ll write about this message, appear after recent system update, on screen before/after my kde session started.

Is a red line on upper left sayd:
“Detected unsafe path transition / (owned by 1007) > /dev (owned by root) during canonicalization of dev.”

So I check for UID or GID 1007, none found in my local system /etc/passwd or /etc/group.
I check journalctl -a but no message of this kind appear on journal.

I don’t know any other way to get info about this like systemd daemons will trigger this issue.
If it is a real issue, please advice to me for any possible solution, thanks so much in advance.

[megavolt]

@Babiz

I don’t know any other way to get info about this like systemd daemons will trigger this issue.

What is the status of / ?

stat /

[Babiz]

stat / output:
File: /
Dim.: 216 Blocchi: 0 Blocco di IO: 4096 directory
Device: 0,28 Inode: 256 Links: 1
Accesso: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Accesso : 2022-07-20 05:22:22.081613638 +0200
Modifica : 2022-06-19 16:55:17.081486130 +0200
Cambio : 2022-06-19 16:55:17.081486130 +0200
Creazione: 2022-05-16 23:32:05.073334184 +0200

stat /dev   7s 
File: /dev
Dim.: 4420 Blocchi: 0 Blocco di IO: 4096 directory
Device: 0,5 Inode: 1 Links: 22
Accesso: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Accesso : 2022-07-20 19:04:27.647401579 +0200
Modifica : 2022-07-20 18:39:34.113333335 +0200
Cambio : 2022-07-20 18:39:34.113333335 +0200
Creazione: 2022-07-20 18:39:23.046666666 +0200

I’m on BTRFS layout:
Also my system detail by inxi -Fazi output:

System:
  Kernel: 5.18.12-3-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=dba0edea-b750-4802-aeb7-e70249e361ef rw rootflags=subvol=@
    ibt=off quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    resume=UUID=c1a16100-fe17-479e-9f53-e287560a7641 udev.log_priority=3
  Console: pty pts/1 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 15 7510 v: N/A serial: <filter>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0J0MWF v: A01 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.7.0
    date: 04/13/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 26.1 Wh (50.8%) condition: 51.4/54.9 Wh (93.6%)
    volts: 11.0 min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL DVG8M1C type: Li-poly
    serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H socket: U3E1 bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x3E
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 10 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB
    L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1142 high: 2113 min/max: 800/4600 base/boost: 2277/5000
    scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.8 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2113 2: 2027 3: 801 4: 857 5: 808 6: 794
    7: 903 8: 913 9: 895 10: 949 11: 927 12: 1866 13: 1358 14: 947 15: 1186
    16: 930 bogomips: 73744
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: Dell
    driver: nvidia v: 515.57 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-06) arch: Ampere process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    built: 2020-22 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a2 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-5:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6a10 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 126 s-size: 387x217mm (15.24x8.54")
    s-diag: 444mm (17.47")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x093f built: 2020 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.3
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
    alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.12-3-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.55 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: No WAN IP found. Connected to web? SSL issues? Try enabling dig
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 3-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
    v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev:
    class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 326.75 GiB (68.5%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix
    model: BC711 NVMe 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 41002131 temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 120d 3h cycles: 266
    read-units: 6,206,538 [3.17 TB] written-units: 6,653,711 [3.40 TB]
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 311.33 GiB size: 311.33 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 261.17 GiB (83.9%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 117.6 MiB (39.3%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
    maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 311.33 GiB size: 311.33 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 261.17 GiB (83.9%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 311.33 GiB size: 311.33 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 261.17 GiB (83.9%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.92 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 336 Uptime: 25m wakeups: 1482 Memory: 15.37 GiB
  used: 2.46 GiB (16.0%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pacman: 1342
  lib: 349 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh (sudo) v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.19

[megavolt]

The message might a result of this parameter:

@Babiz

ibt=off

[Babiz]

Sorry, unluckly ibt=off is requisite for booting “without issue” on this system, Intel 11th gen cpu and nvidia propietary driver on 5.18 kernel
I’d try to remove ibt flag at grub boot time editor but, this end into a kernel hang, lol.
I see confirmation here:

r/archlinux - PSA. If you run kernel 5.18 with NVIDIA, pass `ibt=off` to your...

Now maybe I can try to remove nvidia propietary driver from system or roll back to 5.15 kernel, but I see poor performance and bad power management times ago with this setup… So I really don’t want to roll back…

Anyway I not pretty sure for this “unsafe path transition…” message meaning really a “bad thing”, I need to learn much more about Too expansive for me.

Thank you mate for your advice, if you have one.