Bug#851933: udev: /lib/udev/hwdb.bin gets wrong SE Linux label

[Michael Biebl]

Am 01.06.2017 um 00:34 schrieb Michael Biebl:

> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/src/hwdb/hwdb.c#L673
> This computes the path to the cache file:
> hwdb_bin = strjoin(arg_root, "/", arg_hwdb_bin_dir, "/hwdb.bin");
> 
> The result is //lib/udev/hwdb.bin, note the double //

Fwiw, we could stick a
path_kill_slashes(hwdb_bin);
after the strjoin like in the attached patch.

But...

> Afaics, this looks like a libselinux bug to me. It should properly deal
> with paths that have double //.

I think this still applies. libselinux/the selinux policy should deal
with that fact that a path with double slashes is passed on.

Regards,
Michael
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