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-rw-r--r--libbb/make_directory.c20
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 797ce27..5fa2a7e 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -50,17 +50,25 @@ int make_directory (const char *path, long mode, int flags)
if (stat (path, &st) < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
int status;
- char *buf, *parent;
+ char *pathcopy, *parent, *parentcopy;
mode_t mask;
mask = umask (0);
umask (mask);
- buf = xstrdup (path);
- parent = dirname (buf);
- status = make_directory (parent, (0777 & ~mask) | 0300,
- FILEUTILS_RECUR);
- free (buf);
+ /* dirname is unsafe, it may both modify the
+ memory of the path argument and may return
+ a pointer to static memory, which can then
+ be modified by consequtive calls to dirname */
+
+ pathcopy = xstrdup (path);
+ parent = dirname (pathcopy);
+ parentcopy = xstrdup (parent);
+ status = make_directory (parentcopy, (0777 & ~mask)
+ | 0300, FILEUTILS_RECUR);
+ free (pathcopy);
+ free (parentcopy);
+
if (status < 0 || make_directory (path, mode, 0) < 0)
return -1;