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From: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
To: Martin Doucha <mdoucha@suse.cz>
Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH] setfsuid02: using -1 as invalid fsuid for setfsuid()
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:56:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y1/iFIltC2RXfDpl@pevik> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <96b14089-f1bb-e634-d74b-75fe92e58efa@suse.cz>

> On 31. 10. 22 14:50, Petr Vorel wrote:
> > > No, UID16_CHECK(invalid_uid, setfsuid); is the correct test call. The test
> > > is supposed to verify that trying to set invalid_uid will fail, and the only
> > > way to verify that it failed is to call setfsuid(invalid_uid) again and
> > > check that it returns current_uid.
> > I'm somehow blind today. UID16_CHECK() in compat_tst_16.h calls
> > UID_SIZE_CHECK(), which just checks the uid value. I don't see setfsuid() call,
> > IMHO that's done in SETFSUID().

> It doesn't make sense to call UID16_CHECK() on a value that we'll never pass
> to a 16bit syscall, does it?
Ah, sure, I see current_uid is used for checking only. So what is your
suggestion to fix the problem on 16-bit?

Kind regards,
Petr

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-31 14:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-27 14:09 [LTP] [PATCH] setfsuid02: using -1 as invalid fsuid for setfsuid() Avinesh Kumar
2022-10-31 11:37 ` Petr Vorel
2022-10-31 13:36   ` Martin Doucha
2022-10-31 13:50     ` Petr Vorel
2022-10-31 14:00       ` Martin Doucha
2022-10-31 14:56         ` Petr Vorel [this message]
2022-10-31 17:23           ` Martin Doucha
2022-10-31 21:39             ` Petr Vorel
2022-11-02  7:40               ` Avinesh Kumar
2022-10-31 13:01 ` Richard Palethorpe
2022-10-31 21:40   ` Petr Vorel
2022-11-01  9:03     ` Richard Palethorpe
2022-11-02  7:52       ` Avinesh Kumar

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