Hi Frank, thanks for your asnwer!
On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 01:04:36AM +0100, Frank Heckenbach wrote: > Unfortunately, I can't easily try to reproduce it, either. (It was a > server, so we had to quickly reboot it to get it running again and > replace the defective disk soon after; when it happened, I didn't > have much time to do further tests, and without gdb or strace > available for a suid program, my options were very limited, anyway.) > So I guess we have to leave it at that. Is it ok for you if I close this bug? > Most likely unrelated, but one thing I did notice when checking the > code is that sudo_mkdir_parents might UB if path is an empty string, > since it first does "char *slash = path; strchr (slash + 1, '/');". > > Now I don't know if it's actually possible that it's called with an > empty string, so it might not be an actual bug, but since I see it's > coded very defensively overall, an empty string check here might not > hurt. Would it be ok for you to file an issue in upstream's bugzilla? Or would it be more comforable for you if I took this issue upstream? It is generally more useful when the bug reporter has a direct communications link to upstream in such cases. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
