How to get an SELinux policy change

[Jochen Schmitt]

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Jochen Schmitt schrieb:
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:44:16 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> So that tells me that it will have a type of bin_t.  Due to the
>> funny stuff that GCL is doing on the heap, SELinux won't let it
>> run.  The type java_exec_t is sufficiently lenient that GCL runs
>> fine with that type.  Is it okay to abuse the name java_exec_t in
>> this way?  If so, I'll bugzilla a request for the label change.
>
> Because you wrote, that all works fine, if you are labeled
> /usr/bin/gcl with java_exec_t. I will suggest the following:
>
> Installing the selinux-policy soruce rpm on your system and make a
> rpmbuild -bp to get the sources of the SELinux reference policy.
>
> - From this you should search for the following files:
>
> Java.fc java.if java.te
>
> Fromt this files, you should create copies with the names:
>
> gcl.fc gcl.if gcl.te
>
> Now you should rename any occurence of 'java' into 'gcl'.
>
> At last you should assigned the lable 'gcl_exec_t' to /usr/bin/gcl
> into the gcl.fc file.
>
> Now you should be abled to create a SELinux module which should fix
> your reported mprotect-SELinux issue.
>
> Best Regards:
>
> Jochen Schmitt
>
I have try to create a SELinux module which I have uploaded to:

http://www.herr-schmitt.de/pub/gcl/gcl.tar.gz

I home this may be helpful for the original poster.

Best Regards:

Jochen Schmitt
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