tempfile: avoid directory cleanup race

The temporary directory created by mks_tempfile_dt() is deleted by first
deleting the file within, then truncating the filename strbuf and
passing the resulting string to rmdir(2).  When the cleanup routine is
invoked concurrently by a signal handler we can end up passing the now
truncated string to unlink(2), however, which could cause problems on
some systems.

Avoid that issue by remembering the directory name separately.  This way
the paths stay unchanged.  A signal handler can still race with normal
cleanup, but deleting the same files and directories twice is harmless.

Reported-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tempfile.c b/tempfile.c
index 2024c82691..7414c81e31 100644
--- a/tempfile.c
+++ b/tempfile.c
@@ -59,14 +59,11 @@ static VOLATILE_LIST_HEAD(tempfile_list);
 static void remove_template_directory(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 				      int in_signal_handler)
 {
-	if (tempfile->directorylen > 0 &&
-	    tempfile->directorylen < tempfile->filename.len &&
-	    tempfile->filename.buf[tempfile->directorylen] == '/') {
-		strbuf_setlen(&tempfile->filename, tempfile->directorylen);
+	if (tempfile->directory) {
 		if (in_signal_handler)
-			rmdir(tempfile->filename.buf);
+			rmdir(tempfile->directory);
 		else
-			rmdir_or_warn(tempfile->filename.buf);
+			rmdir_or_warn(tempfile->directory);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +112,7 @@ static struct tempfile *new_tempfile(void)
 	tempfile->owner = 0;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tempfile->list);
 	strbuf_init(&tempfile->filename, 0);
-	tempfile->directorylen = 0;
+	tempfile->directory = NULL;
 	return tempfile;
 }
 
@@ -141,6 +138,7 @@ static void deactivate_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile)
 {
 	tempfile->active = 0;
 	strbuf_release(&tempfile->filename);
+	free(tempfile->directory);
 	volatile_list_del(&tempfile->list);
 	free(tempfile);
 }
@@ -254,7 +252,7 @@ struct tempfile *mks_tempfile_dt(const char *directory_template,
 
 	tempfile = new_tempfile();
 	strbuf_swap(&tempfile->filename, &sb);
-	tempfile->directorylen = directorylen;
+	tempfile->directory = xmemdupz(tempfile->filename.buf, directorylen);
 	tempfile->fd = fd;
 	activate_tempfile(tempfile);
 	return tempfile;