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Title: bind() on AF_UNIX socket may fail in tests run as non-root
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Tests Versions: Python 3.8
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: miss-islington, xdegaye
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2019-03-18 09:28 by xdegaye, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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PR 12399 merged xdegaye, 2019-03-18 09:56
Messages (2)
msg338183 - (view) Author: Xavier de Gaye (xdegaye) * (Python triager) Date: 2019-03-18 09:28
This happens on Android where a SELinux policy prevents a plain user to bind() a pathname AF_UNIX socket (abstract and unnamed sockets are not constrained by this policy).

The errors are:

test_asyncio:
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ERROR: test_start_unix_server_1 (test.test_asyncio.test_server.SelectorStartServerTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/data/local/tmp/python/lib/python3.8/test/test_asyncio/test_server.py", line 105, in test_start_unix_server_1
  srv = self.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.start_unix_server(
File "/data/local/tmp/python/lib/python3.8/asyncio/base_events.py", line 589, in run_until_complete
  return future.result()
File "/data/local/tmp/python/lib/python3.8/asyncio/streams.py", line 115, in start_unix_server
  return await loop.create_unix_server(factory, path, **kwds)
File "/data/local/tmp/python/lib/python3.8/asyncio/unix_events.py", line 285, in create_unix_server
  sock.bind(path)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

test_socket:
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ERROR: test_socket_fileno (test.test_socket.GeneralModuleTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/data/local/tmp/python/lib/python3.8/test/test_socket.py", line 1780, in test_socket_fileno
  s.bind(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'socket'))
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

test_stat:
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ERROR: test_socket (test.test_stat.TestFilemodeCStat)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/data/local/tmp/python/lib/python3.8/test/test_stat.py", line 198, in test_socket
  s.bind(TESTFN)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

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ERROR: test_socket (test.test_stat.TestFilemodePyStat)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/data/local/tmp/python/lib/python3.8/test/test_stat.py", line 198, in test_socket
  s.bind(TESTFN)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
msg341342 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2019-05-03 15:09
New changeset 4461d704e23a13dfbe78ea3020e4cbeff4b68dc2 by Miss Islington (bot) (xdegaye) in branch 'master':
bpo-36341: Fix tests calling bind() on AF_UNIX sockets (GH-12399)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4461d704e23a13dfbe78ea3020e4cbeff4b68dc2
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:12adminsetgithub: 80522
2019-05-03 15:09:35asvetlovsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2019-05-03 15:09:20miss-islingtonsetnosy: + miss-islington
messages: + msg341342
2019-03-18 09:56:23xdegayesetkeywords: + patch
stage: needs patch -> patch review
pull_requests: + pull_request12354
2019-03-18 09:28:31xdegayecreate