diff --git a/private/misctrl.te b/private/misctrl.te
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+# binary for generic misc partition management
+type misctrl, domain, coredomain;
+type misctrl_exec, system_file_type, exec_type, file_type;
+
+init_daemon_domain(misctrl)
+
+allow misctrl misc_block_device:blk_file rw_file_perms;
+allow misctrl block_device:dir r_dir_perms;
+read_fstab(misctrl)
+
+# bootloader_message tries to find the fstab in the device config path first,
+# but because we've already booted up we can use the ro.boot properties instead,
+# so we can just ignore the SELinux denial.
+dontaudit misctrl sysfs_dt_firmware_android:dir search;
+dontaudit misctrl vendor_property_type:file read;