create temporary edit files at symlink target location (RHEL-85754)

Resolves: RHEL-85754
This commit is contained in:
Michal Hlavinka 2025-04-02 12:49:14 +02:00
parent ad141a6b4d
commit 20a44e85b3
2 changed files with 45 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
diff --git a/modules/files.c b/modules/files.c
index 109f4af..c3fef5b 100644
--- a/modules/files.c
+++ b/modules/files.c
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ editing_open(struct lu_module *module, const char *file_suffix,
struct lu_error **error)
{
struct editing *e;
+ struct stat st;
+ char *tmp;
char *backup_name;
int fd;
@@ -391,7 +393,23 @@ editing_open(struct lu_module *module, const char *file_suffix,
goto err_fscreate;
close(fd);
- e->new_filename = g_strconcat(e->filename, "+", NULL);
+ /* If file is a symlink, create new file at target location,
+ * otherwise later rename() could fail, because symlink and target
+ * can be at different directories which could mean different mount
+ * points. This is especially true for containers and ostree */
+ if (lstat(e->filename, &st) == 0 && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+ tmp = realpath(e->filename, NULL);
+ if (tmp == NULL) {
+ lu_error_new(error, lu_error_generic,
+ _("Error resolving `%s': %s"), e->filename,
+ strerror(errno));
+ goto err_fscreate;
+ }
+ e->new_filename = g_strconcat(tmp, "+", NULL);
+ free(tmp);
+ } else {
+ e->new_filename = g_strconcat(e->filename, "+", NULL);
+ }
e->new_fd = open_and_copy_file(e->filename, e->new_filename, TRUE,
error);
if (e->new_fd == -1)

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Name: libuser
Version: 0.63
Release: 16%{?dist}
Release: 17%{?dist}
License: LGPLv2+
URL: https://pagure.io/libuser
Source: http://releases.pagure.org/libuser/libuser-%{version}.tar.xz
@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Patch5: 0005-translation-update.patch
# allow 32char username as other tools, sent upstream, for <= 0.64, RHEL-55983
Patch6: libuser-0.63-32ch_username.patch
# fix symlink being on different mount point than target, sent upstream, for <= 0.64, RHEL-85754
Patch7: libuser-0.64-editlocation.patch
BuildRequires: glib2-devel
BuildRequires: linuxdoc-tools
BuildRequires: pam-devel
@ -126,6 +129,9 @@ make
%{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/*
%changelog
* Wed Apr 02 2025 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 0.63-17
- create temporary edit files at symlink target location (RHEL-85754)
* Wed Nov 06 2024 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 0.63-16
- allow 32 char usernames (#RHEL-55983)