linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] apply: refuse touching a file beyond symlink

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Message-ID: <20150130194615.GA30738@peff.net>
Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:46:15 -0500
From:	Jeff King <peff@...f.net>
To:	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
Cc:	Git Mailing List <git@...r.kernel.org>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	twaugh@...hat.com, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] apply: refuse touching a file beyond symlink

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:42:49AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@...f.net> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:45:22PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >> +	if (!patch->is_delete && path_is_beyond_symlink(patch->new_name))
> >> +		return error(_("affected file '%s' is beyond a symbolic link"),
> >> +			     patch->new_name);
> >
> > Why does this not kick in when deleting a file?
> 
> Half-written logic, forgotten to be revisited (i.e. "ok, anything
> that is not delete we can check new_name, so do that first, later
> we'd deal with deletion patch and I think the way to do so is by
> checking old_name, but let's make sure this case works first").

OK, I was worried I was missing something clever. :)

I agree that checking patch->old_name should work in that case.

-Peff
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