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authorRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2010-01-05 12:17:05 -0600
committerRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2010-01-05 12:17:05 -0600
commite0377fb294821a68112d4da09f836ac42e3d5956 (patch)
tree489d2a2b21393f7283870c2f21ed82b5818f1d82 /lib/lib.c
parent1e01cd1f48bff3fdd12f45bf1c3adfab821ee287 (diff)
downloadtoybox-e0377fb294821a68112d4da09f836ac42e3d5956.tar.gz
Add TOYBOX_SUID.
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diff --git a/lib/lib.c b/lib/lib.c
index 48689d3d..08c991dd 100644
--- a/lib/lib.c
+++ b/lib/lib.c
@@ -369,6 +369,16 @@ void xmkpath(char *path, int mode)
if (!*p) break;
}
}
+
+// setuid() can fail (for example, too many processes belonging to that user),
+// which opens a security hole if the process continues as the original user.
+
+void xsetuid(uid_t uid)
+{
+ if (setuid(uid)) perror_exit("xsetuid");
+}
+
+
// Find all file in a colon-separated path with access type "type" (generally
// X_OK or R_OK). Returns a list of absolute paths to each file found, in
// order.