Merge pull request #164 from t8m/use-lckpwdf

Use lckpwdf() again if prefix is not set and fix a possible DoS in locking

lib/commonio.c

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int do_lock_file (const char *file, const char *lock, bool log)
 	int retval;
 	char buf[32];
 
-	fd = open (file, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0600);
+	fd = open (file, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0600);
 	if (-1 == fd) {
 		if (log) {
 			(void) fprintf (stderr,
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ static void free_linked_list (struct commonio_db *db)
 int commonio_setname (struct commonio_db *db, const char *name)
 {
 	snprintf (db->filename, sizeof (db->filename), "%s", name);
+	db->setname = true;
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -414,13 +415,15 @@ cleanup_ENOMEM:
 
 int commonio_lock (struct commonio_db *db)
 {
-/*#ifdef HAVE_LCKPWDF*/ /* not compatible with prefix option*/
-#if 0
-	/*
-	 * only if the system libc has a real lckpwdf() - the one from
-	 * lockpw.c calls us and would cause infinite recursion!
-	 */
+	int i;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LCKPWDF
+	/*
+	 * Only if the system libc has a real lckpwdf() - the one from
+	 * lockpw.c calls us and would cause infinite recursion!
+	 * It is also not used with the prefix option.
+	 */
+	if (!db->setname) {
 		/*
 		 * Call lckpwdf() on the first lock.
 		 * If it succeeds, call *_lock() only once
@@ -443,8 +446,8 @@ int commonio_lock (struct commonio_db *db)
 
 		ulckpwdf ();
 		return 0;		/* failure */
-#else				/* !HAVE_LCKPWDF */
-	int i;
+	}
+#endif				/* !HAVE_LCKPWDF */
 
 	/*
 	 * lckpwdf() not used - do it the old way.
@@ -471,7 +474,6 @@ int commonio_lock (struct commonio_db *db)
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;		/* failure */
-#endif				/* !HAVE_LCKPWDF */
 }
 
 static void dec_lock_count (void)

lib/commonio.h

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ struct commonio_db {
 	bool isopen:1;
 	bool locked:1;
 	bool readonly:1;
+	bool setname:1;
 };
 
 extern int commonio_setname (struct commonio_db *, const char *);

lib/groupio.c

@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ static /*@owned@*/struct commonio_db group_db = {
 	false,			/* changed */
 	false,			/* isopen */
 	false,			/* locked */
-	false			/* readonly */
+	false,			/* readonly */
+	false			/* setname */
 };
 
 int gr_setdbname (const char *filename)

lib/pwio.c

@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ static struct commonio_db passwd_db = {
 	false,			/* changed */
 	false,			/* isopen */
 	false,			/* locked */
-	false			/* readonly */
+	false,			/* readonly */
+	false			/* setname */
 };
 
 int pw_setdbname (const char *filename)

lib/sgroupio.c

@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ static struct commonio_db gshadow_db = {
 	false,			/* changed */
 	false,			/* isopen */
 	false,			/* locked */
-	false			/* readonly */
+	false,			/* readonly */
+	false			/* setname */
 };
 
 int sgr_setdbname (const char *filename)

lib/shadowio.c

@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ static struct commonio_db shadow_db = {
 	false,			/* changed */
 	false,			/* isopen */
 	false,			/* locked */
-	false			/* readonly */
+	false,			/* readonly */
+	false			/* setname */
 };
 
 int spw_setdbname (const char *filename)

lib/subordinateio.c

@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ static struct commonio_db subordinate_uid_db = {
 	false,			/* changed */
 	false,			/* isopen */
 	false,			/* locked */
-	false			/* readonly */
+	false,			/* readonly */
+	false			/* setname */
 };
 
 int sub_uid_setdbname (const char *filename)
@@ -631,7 +632,8 @@ static struct commonio_db subordinate_gid_db = {
 	false,			/* changed */
 	false,			/* isopen */
 	false,			/* locked */
-	false			/* readonly */
+	false,			/* readonly */
+	false			/* setname */
 };
 
 int sub_gid_setdbname (const char *filename)