Add 'nofollow' flag to set-file-modes etc.

This avoids some race conditions (Bug#39683).  E.g., if some other
program changes a file to a symlink between the time Emacs creates
the file and the time it changes the file’s permissions, using the
new flag prevents Emacs from inadvertently changing the
permissions of a victim in some completely unrelated directory.
* admin/merge-gnulib (GNULIB_MODULES): Add fchmodat.
* doc/lispref/files.texi (Testing Accessibility, Changing Files):
* doc/lispref/os.texi (File Notifications):
* etc/NEWS:
Adjust documentation accordingly.
* lib/chmodat.c, lib/fchmodat.c, lib/lchmod.c, m4/fchmodat.m4:
* m4/lchmod.m4: New files, copied from Gnulib.
* lib/gnulib.mk.in: Regenerate.
* lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-do-chmod):
* lisp/doc-view.el (doc-view-make-safe-dir):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el (autoload--save-buffer):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-file):
* lisp/eshell/em-pred.el (eshell-pred-file-mode):
* lisp/files.el (backup-buffer-copy, copy-directory):
* lisp/gnus/mail-source.el (mail-source-movemail):
* lisp/gnus/mm-decode.el (mm-display-external):
* lisp/gnus/nnmail.el (nnmail-write-region):
* lisp/net/tramp-adb.el (tramp-adb-handle-file-local-copy)
(tramp-adb-handle-write-region):
* lisp/net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file-directly):
* lisp/net/tramp-sudoedit.el (tramp-sudoedit-handle-write-region):
* lisp/net/tramp.el (tramp-handle-write-region)
(tramp-make-tramp-temp-file):
* lisp/server.el (server-ensure-safe-dir):
* lisp/url/url-util.el (url-make-private-file):
When getting or setting file modes, avoid following symbolic links
when the file is not supposed to be a symbolic link.
* lisp/doc-view.el (doc-view-make-safe-dir):
Omit no-longer-needed separate symlink test.
* lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el (gnus-set-file-modes):
* lisp/net/tramp.el (tramp-handle-file-modes):
* lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el (tramp-gvfs-handle-set-file-modes):
* src/fileio.c (symlink_nofollow_flag): New function.
(Ffile_modes, Fset_file_modes):
Support an optional FLAG arg.  All C callers changed.
* lisp/net/ange-ftp.el (ange-ftp-set-file-modes):
* lisp/net/tramp-adb.el (tramp-adb-handle-set-file-modes):
* lisp/net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-sh-handle-set-file-modes):
* lisp/net/tramp-smb.el (tramp-smb-handle-set-file-modes):
* lisp/net/tramp-sudoedit.el (tramp-sudoedit-handle-set-file-modes):
Accept an optional FLAG arg that is currently ignored,
and add a FIXME comment for it.
* m4/gnulib-comp.m4: Regenerate.

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 6b56c473abf..2532f5233c4 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -3332,50 +3332,60 @@ support.  */)
   return Qnil;
 }
 
-DEFUN ("file-modes", Ffile_modes, Sfile_modes, 1, 1, 0,
+static int
+symlink_nofollow_flag (Lisp_Object flag)
+{
+  /* For now, treat all non-nil FLAGs like 'nofollow'.  */
+  return !NILP (flag) ? AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW : 0;
+}
+
+DEFUN ("file-modes", Ffile_modes, Sfile_modes, 1, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Return mode bits of file named FILENAME, as an integer.
-Return nil if FILENAME does not exist.  */)
-  (Lisp_Object filename)
+Return nil if FILENAME does not exist.  If optional FLAG is `nofollow',
+do not follow FILENAME if it is a symbolic link.  */)
+  (Lisp_Object filename, Lisp_Object flag)
 {
   struct stat st;
+  int nofollow = symlink_nofollow_flag (flag);
   Lisp_Object absname = expand_and_dir_to_file (filename);
 
   /* If the file name has special constructs in it,
      call the corresponding file name handler.  */
   Lisp_Object handler = Ffind_file_name_handler (absname, Qfile_modes);
   if (!NILP (handler))
-    return call2 (handler, Qfile_modes, absname);
+    return call3 (handler, Qfile_modes, absname, flag);
 
-  if (emacs_fstatat (AT_FDCWD, SSDATA (ENCODE_FILE (absname)), &st, 0) != 0)
+  char *fname = SSDATA (ENCODE_FILE (absname));
+  if (emacs_fstatat (AT_FDCWD, fname, &st, nofollow) != 0)
     return file_attribute_errno (absname, errno);
   return make_fixnum (st.st_mode & 07777);
 }
 
-DEFUN ("set-file-modes", Fset_file_modes, Sset_file_modes, 2, 2,
+DEFUN ("set-file-modes", Fset_file_modes, Sset_file_modes, 2, 3,
        "(let ((file (read-file-name \"File: \")))			\
 	  (list file (read-file-modes nil file)))",
        doc: /* Set mode bits of file named FILENAME to MODE (an integer).
-Only the 12 low bits of MODE are used.
+Only the 12 low bits of MODE are used.  If optional FLAG is `nofollow',
+do not follow FILENAME if it is a symbolic link.
 
 Interactively, mode bits are read by `read-file-modes', which accepts
 symbolic notation, like the `chmod' command from GNU Coreutils.  */)
-  (Lisp_Object filename, Lisp_Object mode)
+  (Lisp_Object filename, Lisp_Object mode, Lisp_Object flag)
 {
-  Lisp_Object absname, encoded_absname;
-  Lisp_Object handler;
-
-  absname = Fexpand_file_name (filename, BVAR (current_buffer, directory));
   CHECK_FIXNUM (mode);
+  int nofollow = symlink_nofollow_flag (flag);
+  Lisp_Object absname = Fexpand_file_name (filename,
+					   BVAR (current_buffer, directory));
 
   /* If the file name has special constructs in it,
      call the corresponding file name handler.  */
-  handler = Ffind_file_name_handler (absname, Qset_file_modes);
+  Lisp_Object handler = Ffind_file_name_handler (absname, Qset_file_modes);
   if (!NILP (handler))
-    return call3 (handler, Qset_file_modes, absname, mode);
-
-  encoded_absname = ENCODE_FILE (absname);
+    return call4 (handler, Qset_file_modes, absname, mode, flag);
 
-  if (chmod (SSDATA (encoded_absname), XFIXNUM (mode) & 07777) < 0)
+  char *fname = SSDATA (ENCODE_FILE (absname));
+  mode_t imode = XFIXNUM (mode) & 07777;
+  if (fchmodat (AT_FDCWD, fname, imode, nofollow) != 0)
     report_file_error ("Doing chmod", absname);
 
   return Qnil;
@@ -5740,7 +5750,7 @@ auto_save_1 (void)
 	  == 0)
 	/* But make sure we can overwrite it later!  */
 	auto_save_mode_bits = (st.st_mode | 0600) & 0777;
-      else if (modes = Ffile_modes (BVAR (current_buffer, filename)),
+      else if (modes = Ffile_modes (BVAR (current_buffer, filename), Qnil),
 	       FIXNUMP (modes))
 	/* Remote files don't cooperate with fstatat.  */
 	auto_save_mode_bits = (XFIXNUM (modes) | 0600) & 0777;