setlocalversion currently sources auto.conf to get a value for
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION. This interprets auto.conf as a bash script,
causing CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="`rm -rf --no-preserve-root /`" to
actually execute the command inside the backticks
when setlocalversion is called.
While the possibility of something like this happening is remote,
use sed to avoid potential harm from untrusted .config files.
Reported-by: Fox Wilson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <[email protected]>
---
scripts/setlocalversion | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index 63d91e2..5b00123 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ if $scm_only; then
fi
if test -e include/config/auto.conf; then
- . include/config/auto.conf
+ CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=$(sed -n 's/CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="\(.*\)"/\1/p' include/config/auto.conf)
else
echo "Error: kernelrelease not valid - run 'make prepare' to update it"
exit 1
--
2.1.2