tar: fix -x --overwrite bug (no --dereference, ! O_NOFOLLOW)

This bug was discovered on Solaris 8.  On older hosts lacking
O_NOFOLLOW, tar -x --overwrite (without --dereference) follows
symbolic links, causing the "extract over symlinks" test to fail.

* src/extract.c (open_output_file): If O_NOFOLLOW is needed but
does not work, check for a symlink separately.
This commit is contained in:
Paul Eggert
2010-10-26 17:57:44 -07:00
parent 6398c7a79c
commit e23d123b93

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@@ -864,6 +864,20 @@ open_output_file (char const *file_name, int typeflag, mode_t mode,
}
}
/* If O_NOFOLLOW is needed but does not work, check for a symlink
separately. There's a race condition, but that cannot be avoided
on hosts lacking O_NOFOLLOW. */
if (! O_NOFOLLOW && overwriting_old_files && ! dereference_option)
{
struct stat st;
if (fstatat (chdir_fd, file_name, &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0
&& S_ISLNK (st.st_mode))
{
errno = ELOOP;
return -1;
}
}
fd = openat (chdir_fd, file_name, openflag, mode);
if (0 <= fd)
{