[PATCH] Cygwin: fix return value of symlink_info::check

Ken Brown kbrown@cornell.edu
Tue Aug 9 20:52:58 GMT 2022


v2 attached with a more accurate commit message.

Ken

On 8/9/2022 3:52 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> Patch attached.  Please check my changes to the commentary preceding 
> symlink_info::check to make sure I got it right.
> 
> I've written the patch against the master branch, but I think it should be 
> applied to cygwin-3_3-branch also.
> 
> Ken
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From d1aee2f7e022497d57d55ffcd69ddaa7d7b123b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 15:14:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH v2] Cygwin: fix return value of symlink_info::check

Currently it is possible for symlink_info::check to return -1 in case
we're searching for foo and find foo.lnk that is not a Cygwin symlink.
This contradicts the new meaning attached to a negative return value
in commit 19d59ce75d.  Fix this by setting "res" to 0 at the beginning
of the main loop and not seting it to -1 later.

Also fix the commentary preceding the function definition to reflect
the current behavior.

Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-August/252030.html
---
 winsup/cygwin/path.cc       | 22 +++++++++-------------
 winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.6 |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 3e436dc65..227b99d0f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -3027,19 +3027,16 @@ symlink_info::parse_device (const char *contents)
 /* Check if PATH is a symlink.  PATH must be a valid Win32 path name.
 
    If PATH is a symlink, put the value of the symlink--the file to
-   which it points--into BUF.  The value stored in BUF is not
-   necessarily null terminated.  BUFLEN is the length of BUF; only up
-   to BUFLEN characters will be stored in BUF.  BUF may be NULL, in
-   which case nothing will be stored.
+   which it points--into CONTENTS.
 
-   Set *SYML if PATH is a symlink.
+   Set PATH_SYMLINK if PATH is a symlink.
 
-   Set *EXEC if PATH appears to be executable.  This is an efficiency
-   hack because we sometimes have to open the file anyhow.  *EXEC will
-   not be set for every executable file.
-
-   Return -1 on error, 0 if PATH is not a symlink, or the length
-   stored into BUF if PATH is a symlink.  */
+   If PATH is a symlink, return the length stored into CONTENTS.  If
+   the inner components of PATH contain native symlinks or junctions,
+   or if the drive is a virtual drive, compare PATH with the result
+   returned by GetFinalPathNameByHandleA.  If they differ, store the
+   final path in CONTENTS and return the negative of its length.  In
+   all other cases, return 0.  */
 
 int
 symlink_info::check (char *path, const suffix_info *suffixes, fs_info &fs,
@@ -3094,6 +3091,7 @@ restart:
 
   while (suffix.next ())
     {
+      res = 0;
       error = 0;
       get_nt_native_path (suffix.path, upath, mount_flags & MOUNT_DOS);
       if (h)
@@ -3345,8 +3343,6 @@ restart:
 	  continue;
 	}
 
-      res = -1;
-
       /* Reparse points are potentially symlinks.  This check must be
 	 performed before checking the SYSTEM attribute for sysfile
 	 symlinks, since reparse points can have this flag set, too. */
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.6 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.6
index 078e6e520..364e0cb0d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.6
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.6
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 - Fix a problem that prevented some symbolic links to /cygdrive/C,
   /cygdrive/./c, /cygdrive//c, etc. from working.
   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-July/251994.html
+
+- Fix a path handling bug that could cause a non-existing file to be
+  treated as the current directory.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-August/252030.html
-- 
2.37.1



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