[Bug 1792647] Re: libuv1 calls readlink() with buffer size zero for /proc/self (nodejs test-case failure on s390x and LXD)

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This bug was fixed in the package libuv1 - 1.22.0-3ubuntu1

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libuv1 (1.22.0-3ubuntu1) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/path_max_zero_st_size: fix buffer size of zero
    for readlink() (EINVAL) when lstat() reports st_size == 0.
    This fixes nodejs test-case parallel/test-fs-realpath-pipe.js
    on s390x and in LXD on amd64. (LP: #1792647)

 -- Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo at canonical.com>  Fri, 14 Sep 2018
19:27:12 -0300

** Changed in: libuv1 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  libuv1 calls readlink() with buffer size zero for /proc/self (nodejs
  test-case failure on s390x and LXD)

Status in libuv1 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The Debian patch 'path_max' causes failures when
  readlink'ing symlinks that involve /proc/self
  (and potentially other symlinks in /proc)
  which report st_size == 0.

  It uses st_size as a buffer size for readlink(),
  which then fails with EINVAL.

  This breaks the nodejs test-case test-fs-realpath-pipe.js
  on s390x and LXD containers (which symlink /dev/stdin
  to /proc/self/fd/0 vs. fd/0 as in amd64 non-container):

      $ strace -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/ -f -e lstat,readlink \
        node test/parallel/test-fs-realpath-pipe.js 

      [pid 17785] lstat("/dev", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=480, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17786] lstat("/dev/stdin", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=15, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17788] lstat("/dev/stdin", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=15, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17788] readlink("/dev/stdin", "/proc/self/fd/0", 15) = 15

      [pid 17785] lstat("/proc", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17786] lstat("/proc/self", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17788] lstat("/proc/self", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17788] readlink("/proc/self", 0x7f2a6c000b40, 0) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)

  I'll submit a patch shortly.

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