Users may already store sensitive data such as imap.pass in .git/config; making the file world-readable when "git config" is called to edit means their password would be compromised on a shared system. [v2: updated for section renames, as noted by Junio] Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> --- config.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ t/t1300-repo-config.sh | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/config.c b/config.c index a30cb5c..c227aa8 100644 --- a/config.c +++ b/config.c @@ -1636,6 +1636,13 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file(const char *config_filename, MAP_PRIVATE, in_fd, 0); close(in_fd); + if (fchmod(fd, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) { + error("fchmod on %s failed: %s", + lock->filename, strerror(errno)); + ret = CONFIG_NO_WRITE; + goto out_free; + } + if (store.seen == 0) store.seen = 1; @@ -1784,6 +1791,7 @@ int git_config_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename, int out_fd; char buf[1024]; FILE *config_file; + struct stat st; if (new_name && !section_name_is_ok(new_name)) { ret = error("invalid section name: %s", new_name); @@ -1805,6 +1813,14 @@ int git_config_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename, goto unlock_and_out; } + fstat(fileno(config_file), &st); + + if (fchmod(out_fd, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) { + ret = error("fchmod on %s failed: %s", + lock->filename, strerror(errno)); + goto out; + } + while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), config_file)) { int i; int length; diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh index 58cd543..3f80ff0 100755 --- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh +++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh @@ -1158,4 +1158,14 @@ test_expect_failure 'adding a key into an empty section reuses header' ' test_cmp expect .git/config ' +test_expect_success POSIXPERM,PERL 'preserves existing permissions' ' + chmod 0600 .git/config && + git config imap.pass Hunter2 && + perl -e \ + "die q(badset) if ((stat(q(.git/config)))[2] & 07777) != 0600" && + git config --rename-section imap pop && + perl -e \ + "die q(badrename) if ((stat(q(.git/config)))[2] & 07777) != 0600" +' + test_done -- Eric Wong -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html