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);
if(_config->FindB("Debug::NoDropPrivs", false) == true)
return true;
- // empty setting disables DropPrivilidges - this also ensures
- // backward compatibility, see bug #764506
- const std::string toUser = _config->Find("APT::Sandbox::User");
- if (toUser.empty())
- return true;
-
#if __gnu_linux__
#if defined(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS) && ( PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS != 38 )
#error "PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS is defined, but with a different value than expected!"
_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();