Modify canonicalize_path() so if we would return a trailing "..", throw

an error instead.

src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.464 2005/08/12 18:23:53 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.465 2005/08/12 19:42:44 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -377,8 +377,11 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char	   *userDoption = NULL;
 	int			i;
 
-	/* This will call exit() if strdup() fails. */
-	progname = get_progname(argv[0]);	
+	if ((progname = get_progname(argv[0])) == NULL)
+	{
+		printf(_("unable to allocate memory for program name \"%s\".\n"), progname);
+		ExitPostmaster(0);
+	}
 
 	MyProcPid = PostmasterPid = getpid();
 

src/port/Makefile

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #		for use only by the backend binaries
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/Makefile,v 1.25 2005/03/20 03:53:39 momjian Exp $
+#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/Makefile,v 1.26 2005/08/12 19:42:45 momjian Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ LIBOBJS_SRV := $(LIBOBJS)
 LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst dirmod.o,dirmod_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
 LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst exec.o,exec_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
 LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst getaddrinfo.o,getaddrinfo_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
+LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst path.o,path_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
 LIBOBJS_SRV := $(patsubst thread.o,thread_srv.o, $(LIBOBJS_SRV))
 
 all: libpgport.a libpgport_srv.a
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ exec_srv.o: exec.c
 getaddrinfo_srv.o: getaddrinfo.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(subst -DFRONTEND,, $(CPPFLAGS)) -c $< -o $@
 
-snprintf_srv.o: snprintf.c
+path_srv.o: path.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(subst -DFRONTEND,, $(CPPFLAGS)) -c $< -o $@
 
 # No thread flags for server version

src/port/path.c

@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/path.c,v 1.54 2005/08/12 03:07:45 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/path.c,v 1.55 2005/08/12 19:42:45 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-#include "c.h"
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+#include "postgres.h"
+#else
+#include "postgres_fe.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -226,6 +230,7 @@ canonicalize_path(char *path)
 {
 	char	   *p, *to_p;
 	bool		was_sep = false;
+	int			pending_strips = 0;
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 	/*
@@ -284,19 +289,38 @@ canonicalize_path(char *path)
 
 		if (len > 2 && strcmp(path + len - 2, "/.") == 0)
 			trim_directory(path);
-		/*
-		 *	Process only a single trailing "..", and only if ".." does
-		 *	not preceed it.
-		 *	So, we only deal with "/usr/local/..", not with "/usr/local/../..".
-		 *	We don't handle the even more complex cases, like
-		 *	"usr/local/../../..".
-		 */
-		else if (len > 3 && strcmp(path + len - 3, "/..") == 0 &&
-				 (len != 5 || strcmp(path, "../..") != 0) &&
-				 (len < 6 || strcmp(path + len - 6, "/../..") != 0))
+		else if (len > 3 && strcmp(path + len - 3, "/..") == 0)
 		{
 			trim_directory(path);
-			trim_directory(path);	/* remove directory above */
+			pending_strips++;
+		}
+		else if (pending_strips > 0)
+		{
+			/*	If path is not "", we can keep trimming.  Even if path is
+			 *	"/", we can keep trimming because trim_directory never removes
+			 *	the leading separator, and the parent directory of "/" is "/".
+			 */
+			if (*path != '\0')
+			{
+				trim_directory(path);
+				pending_strips--;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				/*
+				 *	If we still have pending_strips, it means the supplied path
+				 *	was exhausted and we still have more directories to move up.
+				 *	This means that the resulting path is only parents, like
+				 *	".." or "../..".  If so, callers can not handle trailing "..",
+				 *	so we exit.
+				 */
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+				elog(ERROR, "relative paths (\"..\") not supported");
+#else
+				fprintf(stderr, _("relative paths (\"..\") not supported\n"));
+				exit(1);
+#endif
+			}
 		}
 		else
 			break;
@@ -306,7 +330,9 @@ canonicalize_path(char *path)
 
 /*
  *	Extracts the actual name of the program as called - 
- * stripped of .exe suffix if any
+ *	stripped of .exe suffix if any.
+ * 	The server calling this must check for NULL return
+ *	and report the error.
  */
 const char *
 get_progname(const char *argv0)
@@ -329,8 +355,16 @@ get_progname(const char *argv0)
 		progname = strdup(nodir_name);
 		if (progname == NULL)
 		{
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+			/*
+			 *	No elog() support in postmaster at this stage,
+			 *	so return NULL and print error at the call.
+			 */
+			return NULL;
+#else
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: out of memory\n", nodir_name);
-			exit(1);	/* This could exit the postmaster */
+			exit(1);
+#endif
 		}
 		progname[strlen(progname) - (sizeof(EXE) - 1)] = '\0';
 		nodir_name = progname;