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22 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
23 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
25 #include <sys/types.h>
32 * Check for common security problems on a given path
34 * 1. A regular file, and exists
35 * 2. Owned and writaable only by root (or given owner)
36 * 3. Group ownership is given group or is non-group writable
38 * Returns: -2 if file does not exist,
39 * -1 if security test failure
44 _secure_path(const char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
48 const char *msg = NULL;
50 if (lstat(path, &sb) < 0) {
51 if (errno == ENOENT) /* special case */
52 r = -2; /* if it is just missing, skip the log entry */
54 msg = "%s: cannot stat %s: %m";
56 else if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode))
57 msg = "%s: %s is not a regular file";
58 else if (sb.st_mode & S_IWOTH)
59 msg = "%s: %s is world writable";
60 else if (uid != -1 && sb.st_uid != uid && sb.st_uid != 0) {
62 msg = "%s: %s is not owned by root";
64 msg = "%s: %s is not owned by uid %d";
65 } else if (gid != -1 && sb.st_gid != gid && (sb.st_mode & S_IWGRP))
66 msg = "%s: %s is group writeable by non-authorised groups";
70 syslog(LOG_ERR, msg, "_secure_path", path, uid);