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18 #if !_LIBC
19 # include <libc-config.h>
20 # include "tempname.h"
21 #endif
23 #include <errno.h>
25 #include <stdio.h>
26 #ifndef TMP_MAX
27 # define TMP_MAX 238328
28 #endif
29 #ifndef __GT_FILE
30 # define __GT_FILE 0
31 # define __GT_DIR 1
32 # define __GT_NOCREATE 2
33 #endif
34 #if !_LIBC && (GT_FILE != __GT_FILE || GT_DIR != __GT_DIR \
35 || GT_NOCREATE != __GT_NOCREATE)
36 # error report this to bug-gnulib@gnu.org
37 #endif
39 #include <stdlib.h>
40 #include <string.h>
42 #include <fcntl.h>
43 #include <stdint.h>
44 #include <sys/random.h>
45 #include <sys/stat.h>
46 #include <time.h>
48 #if _LIBC
49 # define struct_stat64 struct __stat64_t64
50 #else
51 # define struct_stat64 struct stat
52 # define __gen_tempname gen_tempname
53 # define __mkdir mkdir
54 # define __open open
55 # define __lstat64_time64(file, buf) lstat (file, buf)
56 # define __getrandom getrandom
57 # define __clock_gettime64 clock_gettime
58 # define __timespec64 timespec
59 #endif
61 /* Use getrandom if it works, falling back on a 64-bit linear
62 congruential generator that starts with Var's value
63 mixed in with a clock's low-order bits if available. */
64 typedef uint_fast64_t random_value;
65 #define RANDOM_VALUE_MAX UINT_FAST64_MAX
66 #define BASE_62_DIGITS 10 /* 62**10 < UINT_FAST64_MAX */
67 #define BASE_62_POWER (62LL * 62 * 62 * 62 * 62 * 62 * 62 * 62 * 62 * 62)
69 /* Return the result of mixing the entropy from R and S.
70 Assume that R and S are not particularly random,
71 and that the result should look randomish to an untrained eye. */
73 static random_value
74 mix_random_values (random_value r, random_value s)
76 /* As this code is used only when high-quality randomness is neither
77 available nor necessary, there is no need for fancier polynomials
78 such as those in the Linux kernel's 'random' driver. */
79 return (2862933555777941757 * r + 3037000493) ^ s;
82 /* Set *R to a random value.
83 Return true if *R is set to high-quality value taken from getrandom.
84 Otherwise return false, falling back to a low-quality *R that might
85 depend on S.
87 This function returns false only when getrandom fails.
88 On GNU systems this should happen only early in the boot process,
89 when the fallback should be good enough for programs using tempname
90 because any attacker likely has root privileges already. */
92 static bool
93 random_bits (random_value *r, random_value s)
95 /* Without GRND_NONBLOCK it can be blocked for minutes on some systems. */
96 if (__getrandom (r, sizeof *r, GRND_NONBLOCK) == sizeof *r)
97 return true;
99 /* If getrandom did not work, use ersatz entropy based on low-order
100 clock bits. On GNU systems getrandom should fail only
101 early in booting, when ersatz should be good enough.
102 Do not use ASLR-based entropy, as that would leak ASLR info into
103 the resulting file name which is typically public.
105 Of course we are in a state of sin here. */
107 random_value v = s;
109 #if _LIBC || (defined CLOCK_REALTIME && HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
110 struct __timespec64 tv;
111 __clock_gettime64 (CLOCK_REALTIME, &tv);
112 v = mix_random_values (v, tv.tv_sec);
113 v = mix_random_values (v, tv.tv_nsec);
114 #endif
116 *r = mix_random_values (v, clock ());
117 return false;
120 #if _LIBC
121 static int try_tempname_len (char *, int, void *, int (*) (char *, void *),
122 size_t);
123 #endif
125 static int
126 try_file (char *tmpl, void *flags)
128 int *openflags = flags;
129 return __open (tmpl,
130 (*openflags & ~O_ACCMODE)
131 | O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
134 static int
135 try_dir (char *tmpl, _GL_UNUSED void *flags)
137 return __mkdir (tmpl, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR);
140 static int
141 try_nocreate (char *tmpl, _GL_UNUSED void *flags)
143 struct_stat64 st;
145 if (__lstat64_time64 (tmpl, &st) == 0 || errno == EOVERFLOW)
146 __set_errno (EEXIST);
147 return errno == ENOENT ? 0 : -1;
150 /* These are the characters used in temporary file names. */
151 static const char letters[] =
152 "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
154 /* Generate a temporary file name based on TMPL. TMPL must match the
155 rules for mk[s]temp (i.e., end in at least X_SUFFIX_LEN "X"s,
156 possibly with a suffix).
157 The name constructed does not exist at the time of the call to
158 this function. TMPL is overwritten with the result.
160 KIND may be one of:
161 __GT_NOCREATE: simply verify that the name does not exist
162 at the time of the call.
163 __GT_FILE: create the file using open(O_CREAT|O_EXCL)
164 and return a read-write fd. The file is mode 0600.
165 __GT_DIR: create a directory, which will be mode 0700.
168 #ifdef _LIBC
169 static
170 #endif
172 gen_tempname_len (char *tmpl, int suffixlen, int flags, int kind,
173 size_t x_suffix_len)
175 static int (*const tryfunc[]) (char *, void *) =
177 [__GT_FILE] = try_file,
178 [__GT_DIR] = try_dir,
179 [__GT_NOCREATE] = try_nocreate
181 return try_tempname_len (tmpl, suffixlen, &flags, tryfunc[kind],
182 x_suffix_len);
185 #ifdef _LIBC
186 static
187 #endif
189 try_tempname_len (char *tmpl, int suffixlen, void *args,
190 int (*tryfunc) (char *, void *), size_t x_suffix_len)
192 size_t len;
193 char *XXXXXX;
194 unsigned int count;
195 int fd = -1;
196 int saved_errno = errno;
198 /* A lower bound on the number of temporary files to attempt to
199 generate. The maximum total number of temporary file names that
200 can exist for a given template is 62**6. It should never be
201 necessary to try all of these combinations. Instead if a reasonable
202 number of names is tried (we define reasonable as 62**3) fail to
203 give the system administrator the chance to remove the problems.
204 This value requires that X_SUFFIX_LEN be at least 3. */
205 #define ATTEMPTS_MIN (62 * 62 * 62)
207 /* The number of times to attempt to generate a temporary file. To
208 conform to POSIX, this must be no smaller than TMP_MAX. */
209 #if ATTEMPTS_MIN < TMP_MAX
210 unsigned int attempts = TMP_MAX;
211 #else
212 unsigned int attempts = ATTEMPTS_MIN;
213 #endif
215 /* A random variable. */
216 random_value v = 0;
218 /* A value derived from the random variable, and how many random
219 base-62 digits can currently be extracted from VDIGBUF. */
220 random_value vdigbuf;
221 int vdigits = 0;
223 /* Least biased value for V. If V is less than this, V can generate
224 BASE_62_DIGITS unbiased digits. Otherwise the digits are biased. */
225 random_value const biased_min
226 = RANDOM_VALUE_MAX - RANDOM_VALUE_MAX % BASE_62_POWER;
228 len = strlen (tmpl);
229 if (len < x_suffix_len + suffixlen
230 || strspn (&tmpl[len - x_suffix_len - suffixlen], "X") < x_suffix_len)
232 __set_errno (EINVAL);
233 return -1;
236 /* This is where the Xs start. */
237 XXXXXX = &tmpl[len - x_suffix_len - suffixlen];
239 for (count = 0; count < attempts; ++count)
241 for (size_t i = 0; i < x_suffix_len; i++)
243 if (vdigits == 0)
245 /* Worry about bias only if the bits are high quality. */
246 while (random_bits (&v, v) && biased_min <= v)
247 continue;
249 vdigbuf = v;
250 vdigits = BASE_62_DIGITS;
253 XXXXXX[i] = letters[vdigbuf % 62];
254 vdigbuf /= 62;
255 vdigits--;
258 fd = tryfunc (tmpl, args);
259 if (fd >= 0)
261 __set_errno (saved_errno);
262 return fd;
264 else if (errno != EEXIST)
265 return -1;
268 /* We got out of the loop because we ran out of combinations to try. */
269 __set_errno (EEXIST);
270 return -1;
274 __gen_tempname (char *tmpl, int suffixlen, int flags, int kind)
276 return gen_tempname_len (tmpl, suffixlen, flags, kind, 6);
279 #if !_LIBC
281 try_tempname (char *tmpl, int suffixlen, void *args,
282 int (*tryfunc) (char *, void *))
284 return try_tempname_len (tmpl, suffixlen, args, tryfunc, 6);
286 #endif