Apparently, dirname() modifies the buffer passed to it. Given a
read-only location, this leads to a segfault. Use a buffer initialized
(and tailored) to the content of LOCKFILE macro at compile-time instead.
Fixes: f45756c1ca3b5 ("Allow customizing lockfile location at configure time")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
---
libebtc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/libebtc.c b/libebtc.c
index f2a2b500ea751..2a9ab87ac99c0 100644
--- a/libebtc.c
+++ b/libebtc.c
@@ -140,12 +140,13 @@ int use_lockfd;
* or -2 on any other error. */
static int lock_file()
{
+ char pathbuf[] = LOCKFILE;
int fd, try = 0;
retry:
fd = open(LOCKFILE, O_CREAT, 00600);
if (fd < 0) {
- if (try == 1 || mkdir(dirname(LOCKFILE), 00700))
+ if (try == 1 || mkdir(dirname(pathbuf), 00700))
return -2;
try = 1;
goto retry;
--
2.21.0
