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authorMatthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>2011-10-17 22:26:12 +0200
committerMatthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>2011-10-18 15:58:00 +0200
commit6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34 (patch)
treeb812fb2c936377681b2bb7950f3f7d89c08f3190
parentfb84be47db7cdaff406792c08e34670e8e0cbda9 (diff)
Fix CVE-2011-4028: File disclosure vulnerability.
use O_NOFOLLOW to open the existing lock file, so symbolic links aren't followed, thus avoid revealing if it point to an existing file. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr> Reviewed-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
-rw-r--r--os/utils.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/os/utils.c b/os/utils.c
index e8ecb7193..fe4925497 100644
--- a/os/utils.c
+++ b/os/utils.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ LockServer(void)
/*
* Read the pid from the existing file
*/
- lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY);
+ lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY|O_NOFOLLOW);
if (lfd < 0) {
unlink(tmp);
FatalError("Can't read lock file %s\n", LockFile);