Problem with SELinux

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Tue Nov 23 12:56:52 UTC 2010


On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:52:41 +0000
Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I am experiencing the following problem with SELinux on F14:
> 
> Nov 23 12:49:33 localhost kernel: [ 4881.260409] type=1400
> audit(1290516573.348:31748): avc:  denied  { execstack } for
> pid=14597 comm="myprogram"
> scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
> tcontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
> tclass=process
> 
> How can I circumvent that?

The application is trying to execute code on its stack - which usually
means it is either buggy or being exploited.

What is "myprogram" ?


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