[PATCH 2/2] linux: posix_spawn: return EINVAL on argc < 1

Cristian Rodríguez crrodriguez@opensuse.org
Fri Jan 28 15:26:34 GMT 2022


This apparently does not do what I wanted..

if (argv[0] == NULL || !strlen(argv[0]))
    {
    errno = EINVAL;
    return errno;
}

is a better check I think.

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 10:48 AM Cristian Rodríguez
<crrodriguez@opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> posix_spawn allows argc < 1 but the specification says that
> "The value in argv[0] should point to a filename string.."
> So there must be at least one non-null argument.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@opensuse.org>
> ---
>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
> index 93359c708b..23617c9165 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
> @@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ __spawnix (pid_t * pid, const char *file,
>         errno = E2BIG;
>         return errno;
>        }
> +    if (argc < 1)
> +      {
> +       errno = EINVAL;
> +       return errno;
> +      }
>
>    int prot = (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE
>              | ((GL (dl_stack_flags) & PF_X) ? PROT_EXEC : 0));
> --
> 2.34.1


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