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| -rw-r--r-- | archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c b/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c index f73cd338e..79caff55a 100644 --- a/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c +++ b/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c @@ -348,10 +348,20 @@ char FAST_FUNC get_header_tar(archive_handle_t *archive_handle) /* Set bits 12-15 of the files mode */ /* (typeflag was not trashed because chksum does not use getOctal) */ switch (tar.typeflag) { - /* busybox identifies hard links as being regular files with 0 size and a link name */ - case '1': + case '1': /* hardlink */ + /* we mark hardlinks as regular files with zero size and a link name */ file_header->mode |= S_IFREG; - break; + /* on size of link fields from star(4) + * ... For tar archives written by pre POSIX.1-1988 + * implementations, the size field usually contains the size of + * the file and needs to be ignored as no data may follow this + * header type. For POSIX.1- 1988 compliant archives, the size + * field needs to be 0. For POSIX.1-2001 compliant archives, + * the size field may be non zero, indicating that file data is + * included in the archive. + * i.e; always assume this is zero for safety. + */ + goto size0; case '7': /* case 0: */ case '0': |