Bug 135507

Summary:	cp segfaults when trying to copy a file with SELinux file attributes
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Alan Olsen <alan>
Component:	ConsoleApps	Assignee:	Andreas Schwab <schwab>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
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Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description Alan Olsen 2005-11-25 03:27:59 UTC

If you try and copy a file that has been tagged by another distribution that uses SELinux (like Fedora Core 4), cp will segfault.  strace shows the command hitting the alien attribute type and dying because it does not know what to do.

Comment 1 Andreas Schwab 2005-11-29 16:02:01 UTC

Please provide a test case.

Comment 2 Andreas Schwab 2006-04-11 12:43:12 UTC

No feedback within several months.