Bug 683924

Summary: SELinux is preventing /home/troche/Downloads/ctsitemonitor-linux/ctsitemonitor from using the 'execstack' accesses on a process.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ted Roche <tedroche>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Status: CLOSED CANTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 14CC: dwalsh, mgrepl
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: SELinux
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://ctsitemonitor.cullytechnologies.com/ctdownload.php
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Description Ted Roche 2011-03-10 16:57:41 UTC
SELinux is preventing /home/troche/Downloads/ctsitemonitor-linux/ctsitemonitor from using the 'execstack' accesses on a process.

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

If you do not think /home/troche/Downloads/ctsitemonitor-linux/ctsitemonitor 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 ctsitemonitor 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 ctsitemonitor /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                        ctsitemonitor
Source Path                   /home/troche/Downloads/ctsitemonitor-
                              linux/ctsitemonitor
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.9.7-31.fc14
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Permissive
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux saturn.tedroche.com
                              2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Feb 7
                              06:57:55 UTC 2011 i686 i686
Alert Count                   7
First Seen                    Thu 20 Jan 2011 09:24:09 AM EST
Last Seen                     Thu 10 Mar 2011 11:41:39 AM EST
Local ID                      5f47c95e-8d3c-4c1b-84eb-77014c37c9a7

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1299775299.945:75): avc:  denied  { execstack } for  pid=6649 comm="ctsitemonitor" scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=process


type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1299775299.945:75): arch=i386 syscall=mprotect success=yes exit=0 a0=bfc55000 a1=1000 a2=1000007 a3=bfc541f0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=6649 auid=500 uid=500 gid=500 euid=500 suid=500 fsuid=500 egid=500 sgid=500 fsgid=500 tty=(none) ses=2 comm=ctsitemonitor exe=/home/troche/Downloads/ctsitemonitor-linux/ctsitemonitor subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)

Hash: ctsitemonitor,unconfined_t,unconfined_t,process,execstack

audit2allow

#============= unconfined_t ==============
#!!!! This avc is allowed in the current policy

allow unconfined_t self:process execstack;

audit2allow -R

#============= unconfined_t ==============
#!!!! This avc is allowed in the current policy

allow unconfined_t self:process execstack;

Comment 1 Ted Roche 2011-03-10 17:09:14 UTC
ctSiteMonitor is an application apparently written using RealStudio. I suspect the embedded RealStudio runtimes depend on execstack functionality. I did not see any related bug postings.

Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2011-03-10 17:44:37 UTC
The only solution to this is to turn the check off.


# setsebool -P allow_execstack 1

Or you could label it execmem_exec_t


chcon -t execmem_exec_t /home/troche/Downloads/ctsitemonitor-      linux/ctsitemonitor

But if users want to be able to download executables into their homedir that require execstack, then you need to turn the check off.