test if TMPDIR is accessible before using

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / contrib / fileutl.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 844a6bd3cd53d02c61c6539834234ff7090bbe3b..47033eadff01d0f6edac3a912122aa496badb3f1 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ bool FileFd::Read(void *To,unsigned long long Size,unsigned long long *Actual)
            int err;
            char const * const errmsg = BZ2_bzerror(d->bz2, &err);
            if (err != BZ_IO_ERROR)
-              return FileFdError("BZ2_bzread: %s (%d: %s)", _("Read error"), err, errmsg);
+              return FileFdError("BZ2_bzread: %s %s (%d: %s)", FileName.c_str(), _("Read error"), err, errmsg);
         }
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_LZMA
@@ -2066,9 +2066,11 @@ std::string GetTempDir()                                         /*{{{*/
       tmpdir = P_tmpdir;
 #endif
 
-   // check that tmpdir is set and exists
    struct stat st;
-   if (!tmpdir || strlen(tmpdir) == 0 || stat(tmpdir, &st) != 0)
+   if (!tmpdir || strlen(tmpdir) == 0 || // tmpdir is set
+        stat(tmpdir, &st) != 0 || (st.st_mode & S_IFDIR) == 0 || // exists and is directory
+        access(tmpdir, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) != 0 // current user has rwx access to directory
+      )
       tmpdir = "/tmp";
 
    return string(tmpdir);
@@ -2179,6 +2181,12 @@ bool DropPrivileges()                                                    /*{{{*/
       _error->Warning("PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS failed with %i", ret);
 #endif
 
+   // empty setting disables privilege dropping - this also ensures
+   // backward compatibility, see bug #764506
+   const std::string toUser = _config->Find("APT::Sandbox::User");
+   if (toUser.empty())
+      return true;
+
    // uid will be 0 in the end, but gid might be different anyway
    uid_t const old_uid = getuid();
    gid_t const old_gid = getgid();
@@ -2186,7 +2194,6 @@ bool DropPrivileges()                                                     /*{{{*/
    if (old_uid != 0)
       return true;
 
-   const std::string toUser = _config->Find("APT::Sandbox::User", "_apt");
    struct passwd *pw = getpwnam(toUser.c_str());
    if (pw == NULL)
       return _error->Error("No user %s, can not drop rights", toUser.c_str());