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chromium causes lots of audit messages in dmesg #13710

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When starting chromium, the following appears in dmesg

[59836.801413] audit_printk_skb: 206 callbacks suppressed
[59836.801418] audit: type=1326 audit(1457259805.266:3466): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=5 pid=13037 comm="chromium" exe="/nix/store/aapxxsmh25mrvr7m1bim726c1423i13g-chromium-48.0.2564.97/libexec/chromium/chromium" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0x7fd58ae27424 code=0x50000
[59836.802613] audit: type=1326 audit(1457259805.267:3467): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=5 pid=13038 comm="chromium" exe="/nix/store/aapxxsmh25mrvr7m1bim726c1423i13g-chromium-48.0.2564.97/libexec/chromium/chromium" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0x7fd58ae27424 code=0x50000
[59839.967612] audit: type=1326 audit(1457259808.433:3468): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=5 pid=13039 comm="chromium" exe="/nix/store/aapxxsmh25mrvr7m1bim726c1423i13g-chromium-48.0.2564.97/libexec/chromium/chromium" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0x7fd58ae27424 code=0x50000
[59869.635756] audit: type=1325 audit(1457259838.115:3469): table=filter family=2 entries=0
[59869.635779] audit: type=1325 audit(1457259838.115:3469): table=filter family=10 entries=0
[59869.635790] audit: type=1325 audit(1457259838.115:3469): table=raw family=2 entries=0
[59869.635799] audit: type=1325 audit(1457259838.115:3469): table=raw family=10 entries=0
[59869.636111] audit: type=1325 audit(1457259838.115:3469): table=nat family=2 entries=0
[59869.636295] audit: type=1300 audit(1457259838.115:3469): arch=c000003e syscall=56 success=yes exit=13069 a0=70000011 a1=7ffc814fee00 a2=0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=13065 auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 euid=1000 suid=1000 fsuid=1000 egid=1000 sgid=1000 fsgid=1000 tty=(none) ses=5 comm="chromium" exe="/nix/store/aapxxsmh25mrvr7m1bim726c1423i13g-chromium-48.0.2564.97/libexec/chromium/chromium" key=(null)
[59869.636309] audit: type=1327 audit(1457259838.115:3469): proctitle=2F6E69782F73746F72652F6161707878736D6832356D727672376D3162696D3732366331343233693133672D6368726F6D69756D2D34382E302E323536342E39372F6C6962657865632F6368726F6D69756D2F6368726F6D69756D202D2D70706170692D666C6173682D706174683D2F6E69782F73746F72652F6E373571336A
[59870.091861] audit: type=1326 audit(1457259838.572:3470): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=5 pid=13114 comm="chromium" exe="/nix/store/aapxxsmh25mrvr7m1bim726c1423i13g-chromium-48.0.2564.97/libexec/chromium/chromium" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0x7fe7c0898424 code=0x50000
[59870.092614] audit: type=1326 audit(1457259838.573:3471): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=5 pid=13115 comm="chromium" exe="/nix/store/aapxxsmh25mrvr7m1bim726c1423i13g-chromium-48.0.2564.97/libexec/chromium/chromium" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0x7fe7c0898424 code=0x50000
[59870.100430] audit: type=1326 audit(1457259838.580:3472): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=5 pid=13116 comm="chromium" exe="/nix/store/aapxxsmh25mrvr7m1bim726c1423i13g-chromium-48.0.2564.97/libexec/chromium/chromium" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=273 compat=0 ip=0x7fe7c0898424 code=0x50000

Visiting pages produces many more similar/identical messages.

Expected result

Chromium should work without causing these messages, which means either (my) chromium is doing something bad or something is misconfigured.

Steps to reproduce

Start chromium (and visit pages)

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