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syscall: let secure_relative_open() fallback create a missing final component #1034

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t_secure_relpath: add secure_relative_open() resolution-semantics checks
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Expand Up @@ -1995,6 +1995,15 @@ int secure_relative_open(const char *basedir, const char *relpath, int flags, mo
goto cleanup;
}
if (next_fd == -1) {
/* Final component that does not exist yet: if the caller
* wants a file (not O_DIRECTORY), open/create it here with
* O_NOFOLLOW so O_CREAT works and a pre-planted symlink at
* the name is still refused. A missing *intermediate*
* component (more path follows) stays a genuine ENOENT. */
if (errno == ENOENT && !(flags & O_DIRECTORY)
&& strtok(NULL, "/") == NULL) {
retfd = openat(dirfd, part, flags | O_NOFOLLOW, mode);
}
goto cleanup;
}
if (dirfd != AT_FDCWD) close(dirfd);
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