path: add new "systemd-path" utility for querying paths described in file-hierarchy(7)

[elogind.git] / src / shared / util.c

diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index e7ff0f8840fdbe5d85c82e0c55d0367a4833c2b7..a1c8baf237f12999d65268e6e6973283def34783 100644 (file)
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -280,6 +280,14 @@ int parse_uid(const char *s, uid_t* ret_uid) {
         if ((unsigned long) uid != ul)
                 return -ERANGE;
 
+        /* Some libc APIs use (uid_t) -1 as special placeholder */
+        if (uid == (uid_t) 0xFFFFFFFF)
+                return -ENXIO;
+
+        /* A long time ago UIDs where 16bit, hence explicitly avoid the 16bit -1 too */
+        if (uid == (uid_t) 0xFFFF)
+                return -ENXIO;
+
         *ret_uid = uid;
         return 0;
 }
@@ -3474,6 +3482,17 @@ int wait_for_terminate(pid_t pid, siginfo_t *status) {
         }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return values:
+ * < 0 : wait_for_terminate() failed to get the state of the
+ *       process, the process was terminated by a signal, or
+ *       failed for an unknown reason.
+ * >=0 : The process terminated normally, and its exit code is
+ *       returned.
+ *
+ * That is, success is indicated by a return value of zero, and an
+ * error is indicated by a non-zero value.
+ */
 int wait_for_terminate_and_warn(const char *name, pid_t pid) {
         int r;
         siginfo_t status;
@@ -5207,8 +5226,8 @@ int get_home_dir(char **_h) {
         assert(_h);
 
         /* Take the user specified one */
-        e = getenv("HOME");
-        if (e) {
+        e = secure_getenv("HOME");
+        if (e && path_is_absolute(e)) {
                 h = strdup(e);
                 if (!h)
                         return -ENOMEM;