Bug 542772 - SELinux is preventing /home/angelo/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.3-4312-linux-libcpp6-x86/INSTALLDIR/lib/python/bin/python2.6 from making the program stack executable.
Summary: SELinux is preventing /home/angelo/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.3-4312-linux-lib...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 533987
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 12
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Daniel Walsh
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: setroubleshoot_trace_hash:acbcbdeb70b...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-11-30 18:52 UTC by Michael Angelo Samson
Modified: 2009-12-02 04:37 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-11-30 19:04:11 UTC
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Description Michael Angelo Samson 2009-11-30 18:52:23 UTC
Summary:

SELinux is preventing
/home/angelo/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.3-4312-linux-libcpp6-x86/INSTALLDIR/lib/python/bin/python2.6
from making the program stack executable.

Detailed Description:

The python2.6 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 python2.6 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 python2.6
to run correctly, you can change the context of the executable to
execmem_exec_t. "chcon -t execmem_exec_t
'/home/angelo/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.3-4312-linux-libcpp6-x86/INSTALLDIR/lib/python/bin/python2.6'"
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
'/home/angelo/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.3-4312-linux-libcpp6-x86/INSTALLDIR/lib/python/bin/python2.6'"

Fix Command:

chcon -t execmem_exec_t
'/home/angelo/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.3-4312-linux-libcpp6-x86/INSTALLDIR/lib/python/bin/python2.6'

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/angelo/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.3-4312
                              -linux-
                              libcpp6-x86/INSTALLDIR/lib/python/bin/python2.6
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.6.32-46.fc12
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
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                   179
First Seen                    Tue 01 Dec 2009 03:12:31 AM JST
Last Seen                     Tue 01 Dec 2009 03:32:04 AM JST
Local ID                      cd663d80-c172-4248-baf2-b789220156e4
Line Numbers                  

Raw Audit Messages            

node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1259605924.867:231): avc:  denied  { execstack } for  pid=2345 comm="python2.6" 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(1259605924.867:231): arch=40000003 syscall=125 success=no exit=-13 a0=bf9c3000 a1=1000 a2=1000007 a3=bf9bd280 items=0 ppid=2343 pid=2345 auid=500 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=pts0 ses=1 comm="python2.6" exe="/home/angelo/Downloads/Komodo-Edit-5.2.3-4312-linux-libcpp6-x86/INSTALLDIR/lib/python/bin/python2.6" subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)



Hash String generated from  selinux-policy-3.6.32-46.fc12,allow_execstack,python2.6,unconfined_t,unconfined_t,process,execstack
audit2allow suggests:

#============= unconfined_t ==============
allow unconfined_t self:process execstack;

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2009-11-30 19:04:11 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 533987 ***


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