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Cc:     Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] selinux: log about VM being executable by default
Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:35:49 +0200
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In case virtual memory is being marked as executable by default, SELinux
checks regarding explicit potential dangerous use are disabled.

Inform the user about it.

Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
---
 security/selinux/hooks.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 6f53fa71fbdb..3a7ece84c2cc 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -7265,6 +7265,8 @@ static __init int selinux_init(void)
 	cred_init_security();
 
 	default_noexec = !(VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS & VM_EXEC);
+	if (!default_noexec)
+		pr_notice("SELinux:  virtual memory is executable by default - related checks disabled\n");
 
 	avc_init();
 
-- 
2.40.1