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alpm: Don't chroot() to "/"

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chroot() requires CAP_SYS_CHROOT.  If the caller has put us in the
right root directory already, don't call chroot().  This allows
running pacman in a containerized environment without CAP_SYS_CHROOT.
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Jack Rosenthal 2023-09-29 15:35:52 -06:00
parent 917b67f5d1
commit e9b385a636
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
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lib/libalpm/util.c
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@ -655,7 +655,9 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[],
}
/* use fprintf instead of _alpm_log to send output through the parent */
if(chroot(handle->root) != 0) {
/* don't chroot() to "/": this allows running with less caps when the
* caller puts us in the right root */
if(strcmp(handle->root, "/") != 0 && chroot(handle->root) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, _("could not change the root directory (%s)\n"), strerror(errno));
exit(1);
}