Your message dated Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:32:13 +0200 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Closing has caused the Debian Bug report #648941, regarding /usr/lib/sm.bin/mail.local: Uses flock, not fcntl to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: sendmail-bin Version: 8.14.3-9.4 Severity: serious File: /usr/lib/sm.bin/mail.local Justification: Policy 11.6 Using strace I see that mail.local uses flock: open("/var/mail/psz", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND) = 4 flock(4, LOCK_EX) = 0 (as well as a /var/mail/psz.lock file). This is against Debian policy: looking in http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html#s-mail-transport-agents I see "... fcntl() locking must be ...". Curiously, mail.local accesses (but does not use?) /usr/lib/liblockfile.so.1 also. This bug may permit corruption of mail files, and in fact observed on rare occasions. Please see http://bugs.debian.org/513298 also. Thanks, Paul Paul Szabo [email protected] http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia -- Package-specific info: Ouput of /usr/share/bug/sendmail-bin/script: ls -alR /etc/mail: /etc/mail: total 106 drwxr-sr-x 7 smmta smmsp 1024 Jul 14 07:01 . drwxr-xr-x 161 root root 10240 Nov 16 15:32 .. -rwxr-xr-- 1 root smmsp 8043 Jul 14 08:15 Makefile -rw------- 1 root root 4261 Jul 14 06:42 access -rw-r----- 1 smmta smmsp 3072 Dec 22 2009 access.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 0 Dec 22 2009 aliases -rw-r----- 1 smmta smmsp 3072 Jul 14 07:01 aliases.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 2804 Jul 14 08:15 databases -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5657 Jul 17 2008 helpfile -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 33 Dec 22 2009 local-host-names drwxr-sr-x 2 smmta smmsp 1024 Dec 22 2009 m4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 14 06:40 peers drwxr-xr-x 2 root smmsp 1024 Jul 16 2008 sasl -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 8591 Jul 14 07:01 sendmail.cf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8591 Jul 14 06:42 sendmail.cf.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10032 May 6 2002 sendmail.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 46 Jul 14 07:01 sendmail.mc drwxr-sr-x 2 smmta smmsp 1024 Dec 22 2009 smrsh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 23 2009 spamassassin -> ../spamassassin -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 7947 Jul 14 07:01 submit.cf -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 55 Jul 14 06:42 submit.cf.errors -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7947 Jul 14 06:42 submit.cf.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 59 Jul 14 07:01 submit.mc drwxr-xr-x 2 smmta smmsp 1024 Dec 22 2009 tls -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 0 Dec 22 2009 trusted-users /etc/mail/m4: total 2 drwxr-sr-x 2 smmta smmsp 1024 Dec 22 2009 . drwxr-sr-x 7 smmta smmsp 1024 Jul 14 07:01 .. -rw-r----- 1 root smmsp 0 Dec 22 2009 dialup.m4 -rw-r----- 1 root smmsp 0 Dec 22 2009 provider.m4 /etc/mail/peers: total 2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 14 06:40 . drwxr-sr-x 7 smmta smmsp 1024 Jul 14 07:01 .. /etc/mail/sasl: total 2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root smmsp 1024 Jul 16 2008 . drwxr-sr-x 7 smmta smmsp 1024 Jul 14 07:01 .. /etc/mail/smrsh: total 2 drwxr-sr-x 2 smmta smmsp 1024 Dec 22 2009 . drwxr-sr-x 7 smmta smmsp 1024 Jul 14 07:01 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root smmsp 26 Dec 22 2009 mail.local -> /usr/lib/sm.bin/mail.local lrwxrwxrwx 1 root smmsp 17 Dec 22 2009 procmail -> /usr/bin/procmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root smmsp 17 Dec 22 2009 vacation -> /usr/bin/vacation /etc/mail/tls: total 23 drwxr-xr-x 2 smmta smmsp 1024 Dec 22 2009 . drwxr-sr-x 7 smmta smmsp 1024 Jul 14 07:01 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Dec 22 2009 no_prompt -rw------- 1 root root 1191 Dec 22 2009 sendmail-client.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 1249 Dec 22 2009 sendmail-client.crt -rw------- 1 root root 1025 Dec 22 2009 sendmail-client.csr -rw-r----- 1 root smmsp 1675 Dec 22 2009 sendmail-common.key -rw-r----- 1 root smmsp 1582 Dec 22 2009 sendmail-common.prm -rw------- 1 root root 1191 Dec 22 2009 sendmail-server.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root smmsp 1249 Dec 22 2009 sendmail-server.crt -rw------- 1 root root 1025 Dec 22 2009 sendmail-server.csr -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 3262 Jul 14 06:42 starttls.m4 sendmail.conf: DAEMON_MODE="Daemon"; DAEMON_PARMS=""; DAEMON_HOSTSTATS="Yes"; DAEMON_MAILSTATS="No"; QUEUE_MODE="${DAEMON_MODE}"; QUEUE_INTERVAL="10"; QUEUE_PARMS=""; MSP_MODE="${QUEUE_MODE}"; MSP_INTERVAL="${QUEUE_INTERVAL}"; MSP_PARMS="${QUEUE_PARMS}"; MSP_MAILSTATS="No"; MISC_PARMS=""; CRON_MAILTO="root"; CRON_PARMS=""; AGE_DATA=""; DAEMON_STATS="${DAEMON_MAILSTATS}"; MSP_STATS="${MSP_MAILSTATS}"; sendmail.mc: [trigger for usr/share/sendmail/sm_helper.sh] submit.mc... FEATURE(`msp [trigger for usr/share/sendmail/sm_helper.sh] -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-pk05.09-svr (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages sendmail-bin depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdb4.7 4.7.25-9 Berkeley v4.7 Database Libraries [ ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.23-7.2 OpenLDAP libraries ii liblockfile1 1.08-4 NFS-safe locking library, includes ii libsasl2-2 2.1.23.dfsg1-7 Cyrus SASL - authentication abstra ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4squeeze4 SSL shared libraries ii libwrap0 7.6.q-19 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii sendmail-base 8.14.3-9.4 powerful, efficient, and scalable ii sendmail-cf 8.14.3-9.4 powerful, efficient, and scalable sendmail-bin recommends no packages. Versions of packages sendmail-bin suggests: ii libsasl2-modules 2.1.23.dfsg1-7 Cyrus SASL - pluggable authenticat ii openssl 0.9.8o-4squeeze4 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a pn sasl2-bin <none> (no description available) ii sendmail-doc 8.14.3-9.4 powerful, efficient, and scalable Versions of packages sensible-mda depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii procmail 3.22-19 Versatile e-mail processor Versions of packages rmail depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.23-7.2 OpenLDAP libraries -- Configuration Files: /etc/init.d/sendmail changed [not included] -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Ok, I'm closing the bug. Best regards, Tobias Hansen
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