util-lib: Fix chase_symlinks() with absolute symlinks (#5185)

[elogind.git] / src / basic / fs-util.c

diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.c b/src/basic/fs-util.c
index 05f10c86f827a9c9f86aa73794f8f014dddf6138..f6fb7cabc48a8c7ab198fe5fb252c62a096f9b8b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.c
@@ -728,6 +728,8 @@ int chase_symlinks(const char *path, const char *original_root, unsigned flags,
                         return -errno;
 
                 if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+                        char *joined;
+
                         _cleanup_free_ char *destination = NULL;
 
                         /* This is a symlink, in this case read the destination. But let's make sure we don't follow
@@ -751,9 +753,6 @@ int chase_symlinks(const char *path, const char *original_root, unsigned flags,
                                 if (fd < 0)
                                         return -errno;
 
-                                free_and_replace(buffer, destination);
-
-                                todo = buffer;
                                 free(done);
 
                                 /* Note that we do not revalidate the root, we take it as is. */
@@ -765,19 +764,17 @@ int chase_symlinks(const char *path, const char *original_root, unsigned flags,
                                                 return -ENOMEM;
                                 }
 
-                        } else {
-                                char *joined;
+                        }
 
-                                /* A relative destination. If so, this is what we'll prefix what's left to do with what
-                                 * we just read, and start the loop again, but remain in the current directory. */
+                        /* Prefix what's left to do with what we just read, and start the loop again,
+                         * but remain in the current directory. */
 
-                                joined = strjoin("/", destination, todo);
-                                if (!joined)
-                                        return -ENOMEM;
+                        joined = strjoin("/", destination, todo);
+                        if (!joined)
+                                return -ENOMEM;
 
-                                free(buffer);
-                                todo = buffer = joined;
-                        }
+                        free(buffer);
+                        todo = buffer = joined;
 
                         continue;
                 }