Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/lib/vmware/bin/appLoader from loading /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so which requires text relocation. Detailed Description: The vmware-gksu application attempted to load /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so which requires text relocation. This is a potential security problem. Most libraries do not need this permission. Libraries are sometimes coded incorrectly and request this permission. The SELinux Memory Protection Tests (http://people.redhat.com/drepper/selinux-mem.html) web page explains how to remove this requirement. You can configure SELinux temporarily to allow /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so to use relocation as a workaround, until the library is fixed. Please file a bug report. Allowing Access: If you trust /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so to run correctly, you can change the file context to textrel_shlib_t. "chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so'" You must also change the default file context files on the system in order to preserve them even on a full relabel. "semanage fcontext -a -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so'" Fix Command: chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so' Additional Information: Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1 023 Target Context unconfined_u:object_r:lib_t:s0 Target Objects /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware- gksu.so [ file ] Source vmware-gksu Source Path /usr/lib/vmware/bin/appLoader Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.6.32-41.fc12 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name allow_execmod Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 Alert Count 1 First Seen Fri 20 Nov 2009 07:47:57 PM CET Last Seen Fri 20 Nov 2009 07:47:57 PM CET Local ID 4145a23a-8497-4762-82ba-040f31c0252e Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1258742877.678:33): avc: denied { execmod } for pid=5866 comm="vmware-gksu" path="/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so" dev=sda5 ino=84625 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:lib_t:s0 tclass=file node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1258742877.678:33): arch=40000003 syscall=125 success=no exit=-13 a0=5c3000 a1=5000 a2=5 a3=bffbd150 items=0 ppid=5864 pid=5866 auid=500 uid=500 gid=500 euid=500 suid=500 fsuid=500 egid=500 sgid=500 fsgid=500 tty=(none) ses=2 comm="vmware-gksu" exe="/usr/lib/vmware/bin/appLoader" subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) Hash String generated from selinux-policy-3.6.32-41.fc12,allow_execmod,vmware-gksu,unconfined_t,lib_t,file,execmod audit2allow suggests: #============= unconfined_t ============== allow unconfined_t lib_t:file execmod;
You can use the 'chcon' command what setroubleshoot suggests to allow this to work.
Please report this as a bug to vmware to build their libraries correctly Labeling is Fixed in selinux-policy-3.6.32-48.fc12.noarch
selinux-policy-3.6.32-49.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.6.32-49.fc12
selinux-policy-3.6.32-49.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update selinux-policy'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2009-12131
selinux-policy-3.6.32-49.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.