Re: [LTP] Fwd: [PATCH] Fix an errorneous using of a different return value in selinux_entrypoint test

["Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com>]

Quoting Subrata Modak (subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com):
> Stephen ??

Heh, this isn't an selinux issue, just trivially correct.

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>

-serge

> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Jiri Palecek > <<jirka@debian.POK.IBM.COM>
> Cc: ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net <ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: [LTP] [PATCH] Fix an errorneous using of a different return
> value in selinux_entrypoint test
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:59:00 +0200
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying to run the selinux tests on Debian and discovered a small flaw. The test was using a return value variable which wasn't set by the test.
> 
> I've coma across another strange (at least to me) fact - when you execute a program without path, it is searched for in $PATH. However, if the program is in one directory if $PATH and selinux rejects to run the file, the following directories in $PATH are search, and the call can succeed. Is this behavior planned? I know it can't tamper the security of selinux, but it can lead to surprising results.
> 
> Also, I've found some uses of macros not present in Debian's refpolicy. Should I send a patch for them?
> 
> Regards
>     Jiri Palecek
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Palecek <jpalecek@web.de>
> ---
>  .../tests/entrypoint/selinux_entrypoint.sh         |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/security/selinux-testsuite/tests/entrypoint/selinux_entrypoint.sh b/testcases/kernel/security/selinux-testsuite/tests/entrypoint/selinux_entrypoint.sh
> index bd58845..4680491 100755
> --- a/testcases/kernel/security/selinux-testsuite/tests/entrypoint/selinux_entrypoint.sh
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/security/selinux-testsuite/tests/entrypoint/selinux_entrypoint.sh
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ test02()
> 
>  	# Verify that test_entrypoint_t can be entered via this program.
>  	runcon -t test_entrypoint_t $SELINUXTMPDIR/true
> +	RC=$?
>          if [ $RC -ne 0 ]
>          then
>  		echo "$TCID   FAIL : entrypoint failed."
> 
> 
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