Currently, resolve_full_path() requires executable permission for both programs and shared libraries. This causes failures on distos like Debian since the shared libraries are not installed executable ([0]). Let's remove executable permission check for shared libraries. [0]: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Reported-by: Goro Fuji <goro@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hengqi Chen <hengqi.chen@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index 77e3797cf75a..f0ce7423afb8 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -10666,7 +10666,7 @@ static const char *arch_specific_lib_paths(void) static int resolve_full_path(const char *file, char *result, size_t result_sz) { const char *search_paths[3] = {}; - int i; + int i, perm = R_OK; if (str_has_sfx(file, ".so") || strstr(file, ".so.")) { search_paths[0] = getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"); @@ -10675,6 +10675,7 @@ static int resolve_full_path(const char *file, char *result, size_t result_sz) } else { search_paths[0] = getenv("PATH"); search_paths[1] = "/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"; + perm |= X_OK; } for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(search_paths); i++) { @@ -10693,8 +10694,8 @@ static int resolve_full_path(const char *file, char *result, size_t result_sz) if (!seg_len) continue; snprintf(result, result_sz, "%.*s/%s", seg_len, s, file); - /* ensure it is an executable file/link */ - if (access(result, R_OK | X_OK) < 0) + /* ensure it has required permissions */ + if (access(result, perm) < 0) continue; pr_debug("resolved '%s' to '%s'\n", file, result); return 0; -- 2.27.0
