[git commit] install: Fix chown resetting suid/sgid bits from chmod

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Mon Oct 2 12:26:27 UTC 2023


commit: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=6d22c9abc29d43e919e819ff004fcd84a90de60b
branch: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=refs/heads/master

Since Linux 2.2.13, chown(2) resets the suid/gid bits for all users.
This patch changes the ordering so that chmod gets called after chown.

This behavior follows GNU coreutils.

Signed-off-by: Nero <nero at w1r3.net>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>
---
 coreutils/install.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/coreutils/install.c b/coreutils/install.c
index c0f1c538a..00f8be87e 100644
--- a/coreutils/install.c
+++ b/coreutils/install.c
@@ -244,6 +244,15 @@ int install_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 		}
 
+		/* Set the user and group id */
+		/* (must be before chmod, or else chown may clear suid/gid bits) */
+		if ((opts & (OPT_OWNER|OPT_GROUP))
+		 && lchown(dest, uid, gid) == -1
+		) {
+			bb_perror_msg("can't change %s of %s", "ownership", dest);
+			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+		}
+
 		/* Set the file mode (always, not only with -m).
 		 * GNU coreutils 6.10 is not affected by umask. */
 		if (chmod(dest, mode) == -1) {
@@ -254,13 +263,6 @@ int install_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (use_default_selinux_context)
 			setdefaultfilecon(dest);
 #endif
-		/* Set the user and group id */
-		if ((opts & (OPT_OWNER|OPT_GROUP))
-		 && lchown(dest, uid, gid) == -1
-		) {
-			bb_perror_msg("can't change %s of %s", "ownership", dest);
-			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
-		}
  next:
 		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP && isdir)
 			free(dest);


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