Version: 3.5.8 (using KDE KDE 3.5.8) Installed from: Fedora RPMs OS: Linux I could log into bugzilla but not the fde bug database! You need to work on this! Reporting this bug was a pain! Summary SELinux is preventing /usr/lib/openoffice.org/program/swriter.bin from changing the access protection of memory on the heap. Detailed Description The /usr/lib/openoffice.org/program/swriter.bin application attempted to change the access protection of memory on the heap (e.g., allocated using malloc). This is a potential security problem. Applications should not be doing this. Applications are sometimes coded incorrectly and request this permission. The http://people.redhat.com/drepper/selinux-mem.html web page explains how to remove this requirement. If /usr/lib/openoffice.org/program/swriter.bin 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 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi against this package. Allowing Access If you want /usr/lib/openoffice.org/program/swriter.bin to continue, you must turn on the allow_execheap boolean. Note: This boolean will affect all applications on the system. The following command will allow this access: setsebool -P allow_execheap=1 Additional Information Source Context system_u:system_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0-s0:c0.c1 023 Target Context system_u:system_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0-s0:c0.c1 023 Target Objects None [ process ] Affected RPM Packages openoffice.org-writer-2.3.0-6.7.fc8 [application] Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.0.8-62.fc8 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name plugins.allow_execheap Host Name LMKIII Platform Linux LMKIII 2.6.23.8-63.fc8 #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 18:51:08 EST 2007 i686 i686 Alert Count 3 First Seen Sun 11 Nov 2007 04:55:17 PM CST Last Seen Sat 08 Dec 2007 04:22:55 PM CST Local ID 84999068-bca6-4110-880b-c5c1aa3b8bb9 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages avc: denied { execheap } for comm=swriter.bin egid=500 euid=500 exe=/usr/lib/openoffice.org/program/swriter.bin exit=-13 fsgid=500 fsuid=500 gid=500 items=0 pid=3280 scontext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 sgid=500 subj=system_u:system_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 suid=500 tclass=process tcontext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tty=(none) uid=500
> SELinux is preventing /usr/lib/openoffice.org/program/swriter.bin [...] This is a problem of OpenOffice.org, and KDE has nothing to do with it. Please report it to the OpenOffice.org bug tracking system.