SELinux warning saying VBoxGuestAdditions requires text relocation -> Fixed in SVN/3.1.4

[bobpeers]

Using a Fedora 12 client on a Windows hosts I get an SELinux saying: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/Xorg from loading /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-3.1.0/lib/VBoxOGL.so which requires text relocation.

I logged the bug against Fedora 12 but according to them it's problem with Virtualbox, see the Fedora bug report here.  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544853

According to the developer the library has been built incorrectly and the solution can be found in the following link:  http://people.redhat.com/~drepper/selinux-mem.html

[Technologov]

Similar problem described on VBox forum:

 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=24496&start=60#p113843

-Technologov

[Technologov]

Nope. Wasn't fixed. It still fails with 3.1.2. (Fedora 10/11, 64-bit)

See my forum link.

-Technologov

[Technologov]

correction: SELinux problems are not fixed, but the message from SELinux logs now is different (not text relocations), so may worth opening a different bug.

[michael]

What is the new message?

[Technologov]

No sorry... I take my words back. I misread the SELinux logs. It is still about "text relocations".

[michael]

It seems that the fix never got backported to the 3.1 branch. That should now be fixed though. Thanks for pointing it out.

[Technologov]

Speaking of branches, it makes sense to check v3.0.x branch as well... My understand that it is "LTS" branch and will be maintained for long time...

[frank]

Your understanding is not correct, there is no such thing like LTS as we don't provide a direct support for non-paying customers.

[sandervl73]

Please check if 3.1.4 beta 1 solves the problem:  http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27300