Bug 2103947 - httpd_execmem required potentially unsafe
Summary: httpd_execmem required potentially unsafe
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Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: lighttpd
Version: epel9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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medium
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Assignee: Gwyn Ciesla
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-07-05 11:22 UTC by Jeffrey
Modified: 2022-07-28 16:05 UTC (History)
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Description Jeffrey 2022-07-05 11:22:55 UTC 
SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/lighttpd from using the execmem access on a process

Stopping these errors requires manually setting the httpd_execmem boolean to true. RHEL documentation explains that setting this boolean to true lowers protection from buffer overflows and is potentially unsafe.

Is this an lighttpd issue? Should this be patched upstream or downstream?
Comment 1 Gwyn Ciesla 2022-07-28 16:05:43 UTC 
This is an SELinux policy issue. I believe it's been fixed in Fedora, and I'm not sure what the process is for getting that in EL-9.
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