Hi! I wonder is something was changed in handling "grsec: denied RWX mprotect"? Previously when I see this in kernel log it usually result in killing app (and I've to run `paxctl-ng -m /that/app`), but now it looks like this doesn't happens anymore. For example:
# eselect opengl list Available OpenGL implementations: [1] nvidia * [2] xorg-x11 # grep PAX /etc/portage/make.conf PAX_MARKINGS="XT" # paxctl-ng -v /usr/bin/glxgears /usr/bin/glxgears: PT_PAX : -e--- XATTR_PAX : not found # /usr/bin/glxgears Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. 302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.336 FPS 300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.960 FPS (so, as you see, it works!) and here is kernel log: 2014-11-01_10:00:19.58867 kern.alert: grsec: denied RWX mprotect of /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.343.22 by /usr/bin/glxgears[glxgears:12208] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0, parent /bin/bash[bash:8601] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0 At same time paxtest works ok (all killed). My kernel config: # zgrep PAX /proc/config.gz CONFIG_PAX_USERCOPY_SLABS=y CONFIG_PAX=y # CONFIG_PAX_SOFTMODE is not set # CONFIG_PAX_PT_PAX_FLAGS is not set CONFIG_PAX_XATTR_PAX_FLAGS=y CONFIG_PAX_NO_ACL_FLAGS=y # CONFIG_PAX_HAVE_ACL_FLAGS is not set # CONFIG_PAX_HOOK_ACL_FLAGS is not set CONFIG_PAX_NOEXEC=y CONFIG_PAX_PAGEEXEC=y CONFIG_PAX_EMUTRAMP=y CONFIG_PAX_MPROTECT=y # CONFIG_PAX_MPROTECT_COMPAT is not set # CONFIG_PAX_ELFRELOCS is not set # CONFIG_PAX_KERNEXEC is not set CONFIG_PAX_KERNEXEC_PLUGIN_METHOD="" CONFIG_PAX_ASLR=y # CONFIG_PAX_RANDKSTACK is not set CONFIG_PAX_RANDUSTACK=y CONFIG_PAX_RANDMMAP=y # CONFIG_PAX_MEMORY_SANITIZE is not set # CONFIG_PAX_MEMORY_STACKLEAK is not set CONFIG_PAX_MEMORY_STRUCTLEAK=y # CONFIG_PAX_MEMORY_UDEREF is not set CONFIG_PAX_REFCOUNT=y CONFIG_PAX_USERCOPY=y # CONFIG_PAX_USERCOPY_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_PAX_SIZE_OVERFLOW is not set # CONFIG_PAX_LATENT_ENTROPY is not set # zgrep GRKERNSEC /proc/config.gz CONFIG_GRKERNSEC=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CONFIG_AUTO is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CONFIG_CUSTOM=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_GID=1000 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_KMEM=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_IO is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PERF_HARDEN=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RAND_THREADSTACK=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_MEMMAP=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_KSTACKOVERFLOW is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_BRUTE is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_MODHARDEN=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HIDESYM=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDSTRUCT is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_KERN_LOCKOUT is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_NO_RBAC=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_HIDEKERN=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_MAXTRIES=3 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_TIMEOUT=30 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USER is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USERGROUP=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_ADD=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_LINK=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYMLINKOWN is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FIFO=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSFS_RESTRICT is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ROFS is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_DEVICE_SIDECHANNEL=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MOUNT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_DOUBLE=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_PIVOT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHDIR=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHMOD=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FCHDIR=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MKNOD=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SHMAT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_UNIX=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FINDTASK=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_NICE=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CAPS=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_GROUP is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_EXECLOG is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RESLOG=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_EXECLOG is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_PTRACE=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_CHDIR is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_MOUNT is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SIGNAL=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FORKFAIL=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TIME is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_IPADDR=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RWXMAP_LOG=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_DMESG=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HARDEN_PTRACE=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PTRACE_READEXEC=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SETXID=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HARDEN_IPC=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TPE is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDNET=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_BLACKHOLE=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_NO_SIMULT_CONNECT=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_DENYUSB is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL_ON=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODTIME=10 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODBURST=4 -- WBR, Alex.