[PATCH 1/1] selftests: net: fix file owner for broadcast_ether_dst test

From: Ross Porter

Date: Wed Jun 10 2026 - 02:29:12 EST


Ensure the output file is always owned by root (even if tcpdump was
compiled with `--with-user`), by passing the `-Z root` argument when
invoking it.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Edoardo Canepa <edoardo.canepa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-kernel-tests/+bug/2129815
Fixes: bf59028ea8d4 ("selftests: net: add test for destination in broadcast packets")
Suggested-by: Edoardo Canepa <edoardo.canepa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ross Porter <ross.porter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ross Porter <ross.porter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh
index 334a7eca8a80..5e7a8fe23c7a 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test_broadcast_ether_dst() {
# tcpdump will exit after receiving a single packet
# timeout will kill tcpdump if it is still running after 2s
timeout 2s ip netns exec "${CLIENT_NS}" \
- tcpdump -i link0 -c 1 -w "${CAPFILE}" icmp &> "${OUTPUT}" &
+ tcpdump -i link0 -c 1 -w "${CAPFILE}" icmp -Z root &> "${OUTPUT}" &
pid=$!
slowwait 1 grep -qs "listening" "${OUTPUT}"

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