fix execv arguments in a way less likely to cause grief for -portable;
authordjm <djm@openbsd.org>
Tue, 27 Oct 2015 08:54:52 +0000 (08:54 +0000)
committerdjm <djm@openbsd.org>
Tue, 27 Oct 2015 08:54:52 +0000 (08:54 +0000)
ok dtucker@

usr.bin/ssh/readconf.c

index b2fe90a..67f475e 100644 (file)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: readconf.c,v 1.244 2015/10/27 00:49:53 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: readconf.c,v 1.245 2015/10/27 08:54:52 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ execute_in_shell(const char *cmd)
 
        /* Fork and execute the command. */
        if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
-               char *argv[] = { shell, "-c", xstrdup(cmd), NULL };
+               char *argv[4];
 
                /* Child.  Permanently give up superuser privileges. */
                permanently_drop_suid(original_real_uid);
@@ -460,6 +460,11 @@ execute_in_shell(const char *cmd)
                        close(devnull);
                closefrom(STDERR_FILENO + 1);
 
+               argv[0] = shell;
+               argv[1] = "-c";
+               argv[2] = xstrdup(cmd);
+               argv[3] = NULL;
+
                execv(argv[0], argv);
                error("Unable to execute '%.100s': %s", cmd, strerror(errno));
                /* Die with signal to make this error apparent to parent. */