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Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/unix/grantpt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/unix/grantpt.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/grantpt.c b/sysdeps/unix/grantpt.c index f019b9db30..ad5996d6eb 100644 --- a/sysdeps/unix/grantpt.c +++ b/sysdeps/unix/grantpt.c @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ grantpt (int fd) } gid_t gid = tty_gid == -1 ? __getgid () : tty_gid; +#if HAVE_PT_CHOWN /* Make sure the group of the device is that special group. */ if (st.st_gid != gid) { @@ -164,9 +165,26 @@ grantpt (int fd) /* Make sure the permission mode is set to readable and writable by the owner, and writable by the group. */ - if ((st.st_mode & ACCESSPERMS) != (S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IWGRP)) + mode_t mode = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IWGRP; +#else + /* When built without pt_chown, we have delegated the creation of the + pty node with the right group and permission mode to the kernel, and + non-root users are unlikely to be able to change it. Therefore let's + consider that POSIX enforcement is the responsibility of the whole + system and not only the GNU libc. Thus accept different group or + permission mode. */ + + /* Make sure the permission is set to readable and writable by the + owner. For security reasons, make it writable by the group only + when originally writable and when the group of the device is that + special group. */ + mode_t mode = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR| + ((st.st_gid == gid) ? (st.st_mode & S_IWGRP) : 0); +#endif + + if ((st.st_mode & ACCESSPERMS) != mode) { - if (__chmod (buf, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IWGRP) < 0) + if (__chmod (buf, mode) < 0) goto helper; } |