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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getlogin_r.c16
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getlogin_r.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getlogin_r.c
index d07846ccb8..d9c66fe259 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getlogin_r.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getlogin_r.c
@@ -37,13 +37,20 @@ __getlogin_r_loginuid (name, namesize)
if (fd == -1)
return 1;
- ssize_t n = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (read_not_cancel (fd, name, namesize));
+ /* We are reading a 32-bit number. 12 bytes are enough for the text
+ representation. If not, something is wrong. */
+ char uidbuf[12];
+ ssize_t n = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (read_not_cancel (fd, uidbuf,
+ sizeof (uidbuf)));
close_not_cancel_no_status (fd);
uid_t uid;
char *endp;
if (n <= 0
- || (uid = strtoul (name, &endp, 10), endp == name || *endp != '\0'))
+ || n == sizeof (uidbuf)
+ || (uidbuf[n] = '\0',
+ uid = strtoul (uidbuf, &endp, 10),
+ endp == uidbuf || *endp != '\0'))
return 1;
size_t buflen = 1024;
@@ -84,8 +91,9 @@ __getlogin_r_loginuid (name, namesize)
}
-/* Return the login name of the user, or NULL if it can't be determined.
- The returned pointer, if not NULL, is good only until the next call. */
+/* Return at most NAME_LEN characters of the login name of the user in NAME.
+ If it cannot be determined or some other error occurred, return the error
+ code. Otherwise return 0. */
int
getlogin_r (name, namesize)