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Andrew Geisslerd1e89492021-02-12 15:35:20 -06001From 03e89da266edf70121a19ffc32a78cc3b97585ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Brad Bishop19323692019-04-05 15:28:33 -04002From: Andre McCurdy <armccurdy@gmail.com>
3Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:33:30 -0700
Andrew Geisslerd1e89492021-02-12 15:35:20 -06004Subject: [PATCH 12/26] don't pass AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW flag to faccessat()
Brad Bishop19323692019-04-05 15:28:33 -04005
6Avoid using AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW flag. It doesn't seem like the right
7thing to do and it's not portable (not supported by musl). See:
8
9 http://lists.landley.net/pipermail/toybox-landley.net/2014-September/003610.html
10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2015/02/05/2
11
12Note that laccess() is never passing AT_EACCESS so a lot of the
13discussion in the links above doesn't apply. Note also that
14(currently) all systemd callers of laccess() pass mode as F_OK, so
15only check for existence of a file, not access permissions.
16Therefore, in this case, the only distiction between faccessat()
17with (flag == 0) and (flag == AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) is the behaviour
18for broken symlinks; laccess() on a broken symlink will succeed with
19(flag == AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) and fail (flag == 0).
20
21The laccess() macros was added to systemd some time ago and it's not
22clear if or why it needs to return success for broken symlinks. Maybe
23just historical and not actually necessary or desired behaviour?
24
25Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [musl specific]
26
27Signed-off-by: Andre McCurdy <armccurdy@gmail.com>
28---
29 src/basic/fs-util.h | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
30 src/shared/base-filesystem.c | 6 +++---
31 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
32
Andrew Geisslerd1e89492021-02-12 15:35:20 -060033diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.h b/src/basic/fs-util.h
34index 5dc8853eac..0491b3dae2 100644
35--- a/src/basic/fs-util.h
36+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.h
37@@ -43,7 +43,27 @@ int futimens_opath(int fd, const struct timespec ts[2]);
Brad Bishop19323692019-04-05 15:28:33 -040038 int fd_warn_permissions(const char *path, int fd);
Andrew Geissler635e0e42020-08-21 15:58:33 -050039 int stat_warn_permissions(const char *path, const struct stat *st);
Brad Bishop19323692019-04-05 15:28:33 -040040
41-#define laccess(path, mode) faccessat(AT_FDCWD, (path), (mode), AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
42+/*
43+ Avoid using AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW flag. It doesn't seem like the right thing to
44+ do and it's not portable (not supported by musl). See:
45+
46+ http://lists.landley.net/pipermail/toybox-landley.net/2014-September/003610.html
47+ http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2015/02/05/2
48+
49+ Note that laccess() is never passing AT_EACCESS so a lot of the discussion in
50+ the links above doesn't apply. Note also that (currently) all systemd callers
51+ of laccess() pass mode as F_OK, so only check for existence of a file, not
52+ access permissions. Therefore, in this case, the only distiction between
53+ faccessat() with (flag == 0) and (flag == AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) is the
54+ behaviour for broken symlinks; laccess() on a broken symlink will succeed
55+ with (flag == AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) and fail (flag == 0).
56+
57+ The laccess() macros was added to systemd some time ago and it's not clear if
58+ or why it needs to return success for broken symlinks. Maybe just historical
59+ and not actually necessary or desired behaviour?
60+*/
61+
62+#define laccess(path, mode) faccessat(AT_FDCWD, (path), (mode), 0)
63
64 int touch_file(const char *path, bool parents, usec_t stamp, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, mode_t mode);
65 int touch(const char *path);
Andrew Geisslerd1e89492021-02-12 15:35:20 -060066diff --git a/src/shared/base-filesystem.c b/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
67index 1d05409086..1ed06c31ab 100644
68--- a/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
69+++ b/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
70@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int base_filesystem_create(const char *root, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
Brad Bishop19323692019-04-05 15:28:33 -040071 return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to open root file system: %m");
72
73 for (i = 0; i < ELEMENTSOF(table); i ++) {
74- if (faccessat(fd, table[i].dir, F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) >= 0)
75+ if (faccessat(fd, table[i].dir, F_OK, 0) >= 0)
76 continue;
77
78 if (table[i].target) {
Andrew Geisslerd1e89492021-02-12 15:35:20 -060079@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int base_filesystem_create(const char *root, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
Brad Bishop19323692019-04-05 15:28:33 -040080
81 /* check if one of the targets exists */
82 NULSTR_FOREACH(s, table[i].target) {
83- if (faccessat(fd, s, F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) < 0)
84+ if (faccessat(fd, s, F_OK, 0) < 0)
85 continue;
86
87 /* check if a specific file exists at the target path */
Andrew Geisslerd1e89492021-02-12 15:35:20 -060088@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int base_filesystem_create(const char *root, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
Brad Bishop19323692019-04-05 15:28:33 -040089 if (!p)
90 return log_oom();
91
92- if (faccessat(fd, p, F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) < 0)
93+ if (faccessat(fd, p, F_OK, 0) < 0)
94 continue;
95 }
96
Andrew Geisslerd1e89492021-02-12 15:35:20 -060097--
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