Public bug reported:
Code currently tries to change user to uid if geteuid is root; this call
triggers fchown syscall exception in snappy.
Good news is that in snappy this call is a null op in theory as both
geteuid as well as uid are 0, so changing wouldnt do anything.
Fix is to not try to chown if geteuid is equal to uid (e.g. if it would
be a null op anyway). "Safe" patch should be:
Index: sqlite3-3.11.0/src/os_unix.c
===================================================================
--- sqlite3-3.11.0.orig/src/os_unix.c
+++ sqlite3-3.11.0/src/os_unix.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static struct unix_syscall {
*/
static int robustFchown(int fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid){
#if defined(HAVE_FCHOWN)
- return osGeteuid() ? 0 : osFchown(fd,uid,gid);
+ return osGeteuid() || osGeteuid() == uid ? 0 : osFchown(fd,uid,gid);
#else
return 0;
#endif
** Affects: sqlite3 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
sqlite triggers syscall error if run as root in snappy default
confinement (fchown not allowed)
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