From c23d74447c7615dc74dae259f0fc3688ec988867 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Zeuthen Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:12:27 +0000 Subject: Use polkit_unix_process_get_uid() to get the owner of a process This avoids a TOCTTOU problem. Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen --- diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendsessionmonitor.c b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendsessionmonitor.c index 495f752..9c331b6 100644 --- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendsessionmonitor.c +++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendsessionmonitor.c @@ -293,14 +293,15 @@ polkit_backend_session_monitor_get_user_for_subject (PolkitBackendSessionMonitor if (POLKIT_IS_UNIX_PROCESS (subject)) { - local_error = NULL; - uid = polkit_unix_process_get_owner (POLKIT_UNIX_PROCESS (subject), &local_error); - if (local_error != NULL) + uid = polkit_unix_process_get_uid (POLKIT_UNIX_PROCESS (subject)); + if ((gint) uid == -1) { - g_propagate_prefixed_error (error, local_error, "Error getting user for process: "); + g_set_error (error, + POLKIT_ERROR, + POLKIT_ERROR_FAILED, + "Unix process subject does not have uid set"); goto out; } - ret = polkit_unix_user_new (uid); } else if (POLKIT_IS_SYSTEM_BUS_NAME (subject)) -- cgit v0.8.3-6-g21f6