vhost-user-test uses getpid to create a unique filename. This name is predictable, and a security problem. Instead, use a tmp directory created by mkdtemp, which is a suggested best practice.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> --- tests/vhost-user-test.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tests/vhost-user-test.c b/tests/vhost-user-test.c index 5e63cbc..56df5cc 100644 --- a/tests/vhost-user-test.c +++ b/tests/vhost-user-test.c @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) root = tmpfs; } - socket_path = g_strdup_printf("/tmp/vhost-%d.sock", getpid()); + socket_path = g_strdup_printf("%s/vhost.sock", tmpfs); /* create char dev and add read handlers */ qemu_add_opts(&qemu_chardev_opts); -- MST