[lxc-devel] [patch -lxc 4/6] fix log appending to any file
Daniel Lezcano
dlezcano at fr.ibm.com
Mon Jul 12 12:56:46 UTC 2010
With the capabilities, the open of the log file can be done on any
file, making possible to modifify the content of the file.
Let's drop the privilege when opening the file, so we ensure that is
no longer possible.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano at fr.ibm.com>
---
src/lxc/log.c | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/lxc/log.c b/src/lxc/log.c
index 596ed99..0661360 100644
--- a/src/lxc/log.c
+++ b/src/lxc/log.c
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <lxc/log.h>
+#include "log.h"
+#include "caps.h"
#define LXC_LOG_PREFIX_SIZE 32
#define LXC_LOG_BUFFER_SIZE 512
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ static int log_open(const char *name)
int fd;
int newfd;
- fd = open(name, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CLOEXEC, 0666);
+ fd = lxc_unpriv(open(name, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY |
+ O_APPEND | O_CLOEXEC, 0666));
if (fd == -1) {
ERROR("failed to open log file \"%s\" : %s", name,
strerror(errno));
--
1.7.0.4
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