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-rw-r--r--libbb/copy_file.c22
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index efb969faa..86449f27c 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
// (or fail, if it points to dir/nonexistent location/etc).
// This is strange, but POSIX-correct.
// coreutils cp has --remove-destination to override this...
+//
+// NB: we have special code which still allows for "cp file /dev/node"
+// to work POSIX-ly (the only realistic case where it makes sense)
#define DO_POSIX_CP 0 /* 1 - POSIX behavior, 0 - safe behavior */
@@ -243,13 +246,18 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
if (src_fd < 0)
return -1;
-#if DO_POSIX_CP /* POSIX way (a security problem versus symlink attacks!): */
- dst_fd = open(dest, (flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE)
- ? O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL
- : O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, source_stat.st_mode);
-#else /* safe way: */
- dst_fd = open(dest, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, source_stat.st_mode);
-#endif
+ /* POSIX way is a security problem versus symlink attacks,
+ * we do it only for dest's which are device nodes,
+ * and only for non-recursive, non-interactive cp. NB: it is still racy
+ * for "cp file /home/bad_user/device_node" case
+ * (user can rm device_node and create link to /etc/passwd) */
+ if (DO_POSIX_CP
+ || (dest_exists && !(flags & (FILEUTILS_RECUR|FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE))
+ && (S_ISBLK(dest_stat.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(dest_stat.st_mode)))
+ ) {
+ dst_fd = open(dest, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, source_stat.st_mode);
+ } else /* safe way: */
+ dst_fd = open(dest, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, source_stat.st_mode);
if (dst_fd == -1) {
ovr = ask_and_unlink(dest, flags);
if (ovr <= 0) {