Summary: SELinux is preventing vmware-gksu 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 (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against this package. 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-3.6.12-85.fc11 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name allow_execmod Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Sat Oct 17 11:09:52 EDT 2009 i686 i686 Alert Count 2 First Seen Tue 03 Nov 2009 09:07:15 AM EET Last Seen Tue 03 Nov 2009 09:08:38 AM EET Local ID aa772e40-20c1-4619-abab-6a9c4c1d2646 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages node=(removed) type=AVC msg=audit(1257232118.423:27676): avc: denied { execmod } for pid=3667 comm="vmware-gksu" path="/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so" dev=dm-1 ino=142531 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(1257232118.423:27676): arch=40000003 syscall=125 success=no exit=-13 a0=cc7000 a1=5000 a2=5 a3=bff30470 items=0 ppid=3664 pid=3667 auid=500 uid=500 gid=500 euid=500 suid=500 fsuid=500 egid=500 sgid=500 fsgid=500 tty=(none) ses=1 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-3.6.12-85.fc11,allow_execmod,vmware-gksu,unconfined_t,lib_t,file,execmod audit2allow suggests: #============= unconfined_t ============== allow unconfined_t lib_t:file execmod;
Occurs during start up. Might be a bug in VMware as well.
First complete your update to F12. You are reporting F11 policy. You might want to run restorecon -R -v /usr/lib/vmware WHen your update is complete. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 538428 ***