2018-01-12 Dmitry V. Levin [BZ #22679] CVE-2018-1000001 * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getcwd.c (__getcwd): Fall back to generic_getcwd if the path returned by getcwd syscall is not absolute. Index: glibc-2.26/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getcwd.c =================================================================== --- glibc-2.26.orig/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getcwd.c +++ glibc-2.26/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getcwd.c @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ __getcwd (char *buf, size_t size) int retval; retval = INLINE_SYSCALL (getcwd, 2, path, alloc_size); - if (retval >= 0) + if (retval > 0 && path[0] == '/') { #ifndef NO_ALLOCATION if (buf == NULL && size == 0) @@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ __getcwd (char *buf, size_t size) return buf; } - /* The system call cannot handle paths longer than a page. - Neither can the magic symlink in /proc/self. Just use the + /* The system call either cannot handle paths longer than a page + or can succeed without returning an absolute path. Just use the generic implementation right away. */ - if (errno == ENAMETOOLONG) + if (retval >= 0 || errno == ENAMETOOLONG) { #ifndef NO_ALLOCATION if (buf == NULL && size == 0)