QRT kernel-security fails on /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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John Johansen |
Bug Description
While regression-testing Oneric backported kernel on Lucid, I hit the following error on kernel-security:
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FAIL: /proc/sys/
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./test-
self.
File "/home/
self.
AssertionError: /proc/sys/
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Ran 50 tests in 19.545s
FAILED (failures=1)
This happened for all kernels tested.
Changed in linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
assignee: | nobody → John Johansen (jjohansen) |
information type: | Private Security → Public Security |
Changed in linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
status: | Won't Fix → Fix Released |
This is a failing in the qrt test suite. It is expecting kptr_restrict to be on for the newer kernels but kptr_restrict needs to be enabled by userspace with a sysctl which Lucid is not doing.