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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c30
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_fds.c22
3 files changed, 51 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e78bc70c98..1edd91a0e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2000-09-25 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_fds.c: New file.
+ * sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c: Check that file opened is really
+ /dev/null.
+
* elf/rtld.c (process_envvars): Open debug output file with O_NOFOLLOW.
* locale/Makefile (routines): Add nl_langinfo_l.
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c b/sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c
index 4eea168794..9891b9c865 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <paths.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
/* Try to get a machine dependent instruction which will make the
program crash. This is used in case everything else fails. */
@@ -38,11 +40,22 @@ check_one_fd (int fd, int mode)
if (__builtin_expect (__libc_fcntl (fd, F_GETFD), 0) == -1
&& errno == EBADF)
{
+ struct stat64 st;
+
/* Something is wrong with this descriptor, it's probably not
opened. Open /dev/null so that the SUID program we are
about to start does not accidently use this descriptor. */
int nullfd = __libc_open (_PATH_DEVNULL, mode);
- if (__builtin_expect (nullfd, 0) == -1)
+ /* We are very paranoid here. With all means we try to ensure
+ that we are actually opening the /dev/null device and nothing
+ else. */
+ if (__builtin_expect (nullfd, 0) == -1
+ || __builtin_expect (__fxstat64 (_STAT_VER, nullfd, &st), 0) != 0
+ || __builtin_expect (S_ISCHR (st.st_mode), 1) == 0
+#if defined DEV_NULL_MAJOR && defined DEV_NULL_MINOR
+ || st.st_rdev != makedev (DEV_NULL_MAJOR, DEV_NULL_MINOR)
+#endif
+ )
/* We cannot even give an error message here since it would
run into the same problems. */
while (1)
@@ -55,8 +68,15 @@ check_one_fd (int fd, int mode)
void
__libc_check_standard_fds (void)
{
-/* Check all three standard file descriptors. */
- check_one_fd (STDIN_FILENO, O_RDONLY);
- check_one_fd (STDOUT_FILENO, O_RDWR);
- check_one_fd (STDERR_FILENO, O_RDWR);
+ /* This is really paranoid but some people actually are. If /dev/null
+ should happen to be a symlink to somewhere else and not the device
+ commonly known as "/dev/null" be bail out. We can detect this with
+ the O_NOFOLLOW flag for open() but only on some system. */
+#ifndef O_NOFOLLOW
+# define O_NOFOLLOW 0
+#endif
+ /* Check all three standard file descriptors. */
+ check_one_fd (STDIN_FILENO, O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
+ check_one_fd (STDOUT_FILENO, O_RDWR | O_NOFOLLOW);
+ check_one_fd (STDERR_FILENO, O_RDWR | O_NOFOLLOW);
}
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_fds.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_fds.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a36a1d8f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_fds.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library 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
+ Library General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#define DEV_NULL_MAJOR 1
+#define DEV_NULL_MINOR 3
+
+#include <sysdeps/generic/check_fds.c>