coreutils/lib/chdir-safer.c
Jim Meyering 1ccf35a5e3 (SAME_INODE): Remove definition.
Include "same-inode.h", instead.
2006-03-12 21:59:29 +00:00

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/* much like chdir(2), but safer
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
/* written by Jim Meyering */
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif
#include "chdir-safer.h"
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include "same-inode.h"
#ifndef O_DIRECTORY
# define O_DIRECTORY 0
#endif
#ifndef O_NOFOLLOW
# define O_NOFOLLOW 0
#endif
/* Like chdir, but fail if DIR is a symbolic link to a directory (or
similar funny business), or if DIR is not readable. This avoids a
minor race condition between when a directory is created or statted
and when the process chdirs into it. */
int
chdir_no_follow (char const *dir)
{
int result = 0;
int saved_errno;
int fd = open (dir,
O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOCTTY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0)
return -1;
/* If open follows symlinks, lstat DIR and fstat FD to ensure that
they are the same file; if they are different files, set errno to
ELOOP (the same value that open uses for symlinks with
O_NOFOLLOW) so the caller can report a failure. */
if (! O_NOFOLLOW)
{
struct stat sb1;
result = lstat (dir, &sb1);
if (result == 0)
{
struct stat sb2;
result = fstat (fd, &sb2);
if (result == 0 && ! SAME_INODE (sb1, sb2))
{
errno = ELOOP;
result = -1;
}
}
}
if (result == 0)
result = fchdir (fd);
saved_errno = errno;
close (fd);
errno = saved_errno;
return result;
}