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-rw-r--r--libbb/correct_password.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/correct_password.c b/libbb/correct_password.c
index f1793cd17..96bb10e0b 100644
--- a/libbb/correct_password.c
+++ b/libbb/correct_password.c
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ int correct_password(const struct passwd *pw)
{
char *unencrypted, *encrypted;
const char *correct;
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
+ /* Using _r function to avoid pulling in static buffers */
+ struct spwd spw;
+ char buffer[256];
+#endif
/* fake salt. crypt() can choke otherwise. */
correct = "aa";
@@ -50,11 +55,11 @@ int correct_password(const struct passwd *pw)
correct = pw->pw_passwd;
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
if ((correct[0] == 'x' || correct[0] == '*') && !correct[1]) {
- /* Using _r function to avoid pulling in static buffers */
- struct spwd spw;
- struct spwd *result;
- char buffer[256];
- correct = (getspnam_r(pw->pw_name, &spw, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &result)) ? "aa" : spw.sp_pwdp;
+ /* getspnam_r may return 0 yet set result to NULL.
+ * At least glibc 2.4 does this. Be extra paranoid here. */
+ struct spwd *result = NULL;
+ int r = getspnam_r(pw->pw_name, &spw, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &result);
+ correct = (r || !result) ? "aa" : result->sp_pwdp;
}
#endif