Bug 666571

Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/systemsettings from using the 'execstack' accesses on a process.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: medsoft_objects
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description medsoft_objects 2010-12-31 22:56:57 UTC
SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/systemsettings from using the 'execstack' accesses on a process.

*****  Plugin allow_execstack (53.1 confidence) suggests  ********************

If you do not think /usr/bin/systemsettings should need to map stack memory that is both writable and executable.
Then you need to report a bug. This is a potentially dangerous access.
Do
contact your security administrator and report this issue.

*****  Plugin catchall_boolean (42.6 confidence) suggests  *******************

If you want to allow unconfined executables to make their stack executable.  This should never, ever be necessary. Probably indicates a badly coded executable, but could indicate an attack. This executable should be reported in bugzilla
Then you must tell SELinux about this by enabling the 'allow_execstack' boolean.
Do
setsebool -P allow_execstack 1

*****  Plugin catchall (5.76 confidence) suggests  ***************************

If you believe that systemsettings should be allowed execstack access on processes labeled unconfined_t by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# grep /usr/bin/systemsettings /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol
# semodule -i mypol.pp

Additional Information:
Source Context                unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1
                              023
Target Context                unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1
                              023
Target Objects                Unknown [ process ]
Source                        systemsettings
Source Path                   /usr/bin/systemsettings
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           kdebase-workspace-4.5.4-1.fc14
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.9.7-19.fc14
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.i686.PAE #1 SMP Thu
                              Dec 23 16:10:47 UTC 2010 i686 i686
Alert Count                   2
First Seen                    Fri 31 Dec 2010 01:49:32 PM PST
Last Seen                     Fri 31 Dec 2010 01:49:35 PM PST
Local ID                      3a248cef-6d12-45df-9d81-8db22eff1f0b

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1293832175.668:128): avc:  denied  { execstack } for  pid=4029 comm="systemsettings" scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=process

systemsettings,unconfined_t,unconfined_t,process,execstack
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1293832175.668:128): arch=i386 syscall=mprotect success=no exit=EACCES a0=bfa67000 a1=1000 a2=1000007 a3=bfa63d0c items=0 ppid=1 pid=4029 auid=500 uid=500 gid=500 euid=500 suid=500 fsuid=500 egid=500 sgid=500 fsgid=500 tty=(none) ses=4 comm=systemsettings exe=/usr/bin/systemsettings subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
systemsettings,unconfined_t,unconfined_t,process,execstack

#============= unconfined_t ==============
#!!!! This avc can be allowed using the boolean 'allow_execstack'

allow unconfined_t self:process execstack;

Comment 1 medsoft_objects 2010-12-31 23:06:30 UTC
Unable to:
'You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.'
'Allow this access for now by executing:
# grep /usr/bin/systemsettings /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol (1)
# semodule - i mypol.pp (2)

On attempting to execute (1) as root (su -) received the following error:
compilation failed:
mypol.te:6:ERROR 'syntax error' at token '' on line 6:


/user/bin/checkmodule: errors encountered while parsing configuration
/user/bin/checkmodule: loading policy configuration from mypol.te

Comment 2 Miroslav Grepl 2011-01-03 15:58:25 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 652297 ***