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Date:      Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:44:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      "D. McCullough" <freebsd@jovi.net>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/33904: secure mode bug
Message-ID:  <200201142344.g0ENimK91227@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         33904
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       secure mode bug
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 14 15:50:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     D. McCullough
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE
>Organization:
Jovi.Net, Inc.
>Environment:
FreeBSD diazepam.ai.mit.edu 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Tue Sep 18 11:57:08 PDT 20\
01     murray@builder.FreeBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
settimeofday silently fails in secure mode.

I wasted a lot of time baffled --
this makes all the various date
apps and clients silently fail.


>How-To-Repeat:
/* Here's C code to demo the bug,
settimeofday will report success
yet the time remains unchanged.*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

static struct timeval t;
static struct timezone tz;

main ()
{
  int r = gettimeofday(&t, &tz);

  printf ("gettimeofday = %d; t = %ld.%06ld\n",
          r, t.tv_sec, t.tv_usec);
  r && exit (r);

  t.tv_sec -= 3600;
  r = settimeofday(&t, &tz);
  printf ("settimeofday = %d; t = %ld.%06ld\n",
          r, t.tv_sec, t.tv_usec);
  r && exit (r);

  r = gettimeofday(&t, &tz);
  printf ("gettimeofday = %d; t = %ld.%06ld\n",
          r, t.tv_sec, t.tv_usec);
  return r;
}

>Fix:
When an operation prohibited by secure mode fails,
this failure must be accurately reported by the API.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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