Summary: SELinux is preventing /opt/Komodo-Edit-5/lib/mozilla/komodo-bin from making the program stack executable. Detailed Description: The komodo-bin application attempted to make its stack executable. This is a potential security problem. This should never ever be necessary. Stack memory is not executable on most OSes these days and this will not change. Executable stack memory is one of the biggest security problems. An execstack error might in fact be most likely raised by malicious code. Applications 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. If komodo-bin does not work and you need it to work, you can configure SELinux temporarily to allow this access until the application is fixed. Please file a bug report. Allowing Access: Sometimes a library is accidentally marked with the execstack flag, if you find a library with this flag you can clear it with the execstack -c LIBRARY_PATH. Then retry your application. If the app continues to not work, you can turn the flag back on with execstack -s LIBRARY_PATH. Otherwise, if you trust komodo-bin to run correctly, you can change the context of the executable to execmem_exec_t. "chcon -t execmem_exec_t '/opt/Komodo-Edit-5/lib/mozilla/komodo-bin'" 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 execmem_exec_t '/opt/Komodo-Edit-5/lib/mozilla/komodo-bin'" Fix Command: chcon -t execmem_exec_t '/opt/Komodo-Edit-5/lib/mozilla/komodo-bin' 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 None [ process ] Source python2.6 Source Path /home/george/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.2-4234 -linux- libcpp6-x86/INSTALLDIR/lib/python/bin/python2.6 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_execstack 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 203 First Seen Fri 20 Nov 2009 07:17:06 PM EET Last Seen Sat 21 Nov 2009 11:40:57 AM EET Local ID fb5cc2f0-34b3-458c-a840-635907750db1 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1258796457.169:17887): avc: denied { execstack } for pid=1860 comm="komodo-bin" scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=process node=(removed) type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1258796457.169:17887): arch=40000003 syscall=125 success=no exit=-13 a0=bf86a000 a1=1000 a2=1000007 a3=bf85ce78 items=0 ppid=1854 pid=1860 auid=500 uid=500 gid=100 euid=500 suid=500 fsuid=500 egid=100 sgid=100 fsgid=100 tty=(none) ses=1 comm="komodo-bin" exe="/opt/Komodo-Edit-5/lib/mozilla/komodo-bin" 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_execstack,python2.6,unconfined_t,unconfined_t,process,execstack audit2allow suggests: #============= unconfined_t ============== allow unconfined_t self:process execstack;
Is /opt/Komodo-Edit-5/lib/mozilla/komodo-bin a java application? Setting the label to execmem_exec_t is the correct fix, if this is not a java app. java_exec_t if it is a java app. I will change the default label. 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.