action #58061
closed[kernel] LTP Failure in SP1: test fails in timer_create03
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Description
Observation¶
openQA test in scenario sle-12-SP1-Server-DVD-Updates-x86_64-ltp_syscalls_pre12sp4@64bit fails in
timer_create03
Test suite description¶
A large collection of tests for individual system calls. This is generally considered to be the most important test suit within the LTP. The IPC tests have been filtered out from the syscalls runtest file. They are ran as part of the syscalls_ipc test case.
disabled fanotify07 due kernel pollution
Reproducible¶
Fails since (at least) Build 20191001-2
Updated by SLindoMansilla over 4 years ago
- Subject changed from LTP Failure in SP1: test fails in timer_create03 to [kernel] LTP Failure in SP1: test fails in timer_create03
Updated by MDoucha over 4 years ago
- Assignee set to MDoucha
timer_create03 is a CVE test added in the new release of LTP. It's failing because the CVE is not fixed in SLE-12SP1. Marcus is currently reviewing whether the CVE should be fixed or not.
Original CVE BSC: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102851
Updated by msmeissn over 4 years ago
as far as I see it:
- the old kernel has inconsistent error handling in timer_create, this is shown by the test
- it does NOT have the information leak security issue (it does not expose /proc/pid/timers due to a SUSE configuration setting)
Updated by msmeissn over 4 years ago
yes, wontfix ... and hiding error is fine for me.
Updated by MDoucha over 4 years ago
- Status changed from New to Resolved
WONTFIX status added to ltp_known_issues.yaml.
Updated by coolo over 4 years ago
I asked before, but where is this magic yaml file?
Updated by MDoucha over 4 years ago
coolo wrote:
I asked before, but where is this magic yaml file?
https://gitlab.suse.de/qa-maintenance/metadata/blob/master/ltp/ltp_known_issues.yaml
This file controls which LTP tests in OpenQA will be marked as softfail.