On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok, is the GCL package available in Fedora? This probably should be > opened as a bugzilla. If gcl really needs execheap, we need to create a > new policy for it, since execmem_exec_t apps currently do not get this > and I really don't want to give them this. I guess I would like to hear > Ulrich Drepper chime in on this need. The GCL package has been in Fedora since 2005, but has not built successfully for months. I recently took over as maintainer and am trying to get it into a buildable state again. I've fixed the other problems; this seems to be the final blocker. If I make the saved images have type execmem_exec_t, then the build produces the "early" image successfully. When that image runs and tries to load up a bunch of Lisp files to produce the final image, SELinux kills it with an AVC denial that mentions execheap. I mentioned on fedora-devel-list that making the saved images have type java_exec_t produces a successful build. If you can tell me how to test with exactly execmem + execheap privileges, then I can make sure there is nothing else in the java_exec_t set that GCL needs. Otherwise, we may have to go through multiple iterations of "no wait, GCL needs one more permission". Do I need to audit the source code to discover the reason for the execheap need? I can guess; it's probably (eval form) that needs it, but I don't know that for sure. Say the word and I'll make a bugzilla entry for this. Thanks for your help. -- Jerry James http://loganjerry.googlepages.com/ -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list
