> So my question is, will there be any security implications that I
> should be concerned about with setting wxallowed in /etc/fstab to the
> home mountpoint?
Yes there is a security implication. From mount(8),
wxallowed Processes that ask for memory to be made writeable
plus executable using the mmap(2) and mprotect(2)
system calls are killed by default. This option
allows those processes to continue operation. It is
typically used on the /usr/local filesystem.
That will allow this program to do create such memory. It will also
allow any other program in your /home to do so.
We don't know what other programs you might have in /home. That's
why this feature was designed to operate in this restrictive way.
In a perfect world, software would stop asking for W|X memory. We
aren't there yet. This mechanism softly applies pressure towards
that end.
Turn it off and accept the consequences, and potential risks if you
like. W|X memory isn't the only risk out there...
