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config: preserve config file permissions on edits
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Users may already store sensitive data such as imap.pass in
.git/config; making the file world-readable when "git config"
is called to edit means their password would be compromised
on a shared system.

[v2: updated for section renames, as noted by Junio]

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Eric Wong authored and gitster committed May 6, 2014
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions config.c
Expand Up @@ -1634,6 +1634,13 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file(const char *config_filename,
MAP_PRIVATE, in_fd, 0);
close(in_fd);

if (fchmod(fd, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) {
error("fchmod on %s failed: %s",
lock->filename, strerror(errno));
ret = CONFIG_NO_WRITE;
goto out_free;
}

if (store.seen == 0)
store.seen = 1;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1782,6 +1789,7 @@ int git_config_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename,
int out_fd;
char buf[1024];
FILE *config_file;
struct stat st;

if (new_name && !section_name_is_ok(new_name)) {
ret = error("invalid section name: %s", new_name);
Expand All @@ -1803,6 +1811,14 @@ int git_config_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename,
goto unlock_and_out;
}

fstat(fileno(config_file), &st);

if (fchmod(out_fd, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) {
ret = error("fchmod on %s failed: %s",
lock->filename, strerror(errno));
goto out;
}

while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), config_file)) {
int i;
int length;
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions t/t1300-repo-config.sh
Expand Up @@ -1154,4 +1154,14 @@ test_expect_failure 'adding a key into an empty section reuses header' '
test_cmp expect .git/config
'

test_expect_success POSIXPERM,PERL 'preserves existing permissions' '
chmod 0600 .git/config &&
git config imap.pass Hunter2 &&
perl -e \
"die q(badset) if ((stat(q(.git/config)))[2] & 07777) != 0600" &&
git config --rename-section imap pop &&
perl -e \
"die q(badrename) if ((stat(q(.git/config)))[2] & 07777) != 0600"
'

test_done

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