'MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes' is defined in systemd.exec(5) as: If set, attempts to create memory mappings that are writable and executable at the same time, or to change existing memory mappings to become executable, or mapping shared memory segments as executable are prohibited. Specifically, a system call filter is added that rejects mmap(2) system calls with both PROT_EXEC and PROT_WRITE set, mprotect(2) system calls with PROT_EXEC set and shmat(2) system calls with SHM_EXEC set.
It is surprising that /bin/touch should trip this check. This will require investigation. ** Package changed: systemd (Ubuntu) => coreutils (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1719720 Title: [LTCTest][libvpd] Process '/bin/touch /run/run.vpdupdate' failed with exit code 127 Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: New Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: ---Problem Description--- Currently syslog is getting flooded with below log messages .. Sep 25 03:16:41 ubuntu1710 systemd-udevd[2654]: Process '/bin/touch /run/run.vpdd update' failed with exit code 127. This is on UBuntu 17.10 latest build.. ---uname output--- Linux ubuntu1710 4.12.0-11-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 11 12:23:06 UTC 2017 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux Machine Type = ZZ-L ---Steps to Reproduce--- I have seen these messages logged more often when we do any hotplug operations.. ex. cpu hotplug.. Ok. .this is the continuation of LTC #144627 / Launchpad #1682774. As suggested in that bug, we did change udev script to create temporary file under /run and that patch is available in ubuntu 17.10. Looks like this is udev script issue. If I modify systemd-udevd like below it works fine. I've limited udev knowledge. I don't know if you have any other better solution to this issue. root@ltc-boston123:/lib/systemd/system# diff -Naurp systemd-udevd.service.org systemd-udevd.service --- systemd-udevd.service.org 2017-09-26 04:37:47.090057318 -0500 +++ systemd-udevd.service 2017-09-26 04:37:55.381739372 -0500 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ KillMode=mixed WatchdogSec=3min TasksMax=infinity MountFlags=slave -MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes +#MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes RestrictRealtime=yes RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_NETLINK AF_INET AF_INET6 SystemCallArchitectures=native -Vasant To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1719720/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp