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Date:      Sat, 14 Jun 1997 12:17:47 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   bin/3864: Incorrect usage of err(3) in mount_union.c
Message-ID:  <199706140817.MAA00728@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
Resent-Message-ID: <199706140830.BAA13818@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         3864
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Incorrect usage of err(3) in mount_union.c
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jun 14 01:30:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dmitrij Tejblum
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:


>Description:

When mount() system call in mount_union.c fails, it call 
err(EX_OSERR, target). It is incorrect. First, target may contain '%'...
Second, the error may be related to source, not to target (for example,
"No such file or directory").

>How-To-Repeat:

dima@tejblum|/usr/home/dima>mount_union a%d b%d
mount_union: /usr/home/dima/a-272639828: No such file or directory
dima@tejblum|/usr/home/dima>mkdir misc
dima@tejblum|/usr/home/dima>mount_union misc b%d     
mount_union: /usr/home/dima/misc: No such file or directory
dima@tejblum|/usr/home/dima>


>Fix:

*** /usr/src/sbin/mount_union/mount_union.c	Sun May 25 12:18:27 1997
--- mount_union.c	Sat Jun 14 11:44:06 1997
***************
*** 127,133 ****
  		errx(EX_OSERR, "union filesystem is not available");
  
  	if (mount(vfc.vfc_name, source, mntflags, &args))
! 		err(EX_OSERR, target);
  	exit(0);
  }
  
--- 127,133 ----
  		errx(EX_OSERR, "union filesystem is not available");
  
  	if (mount(vfc.vfc_name, source, mntflags, &args))
! 		err(EX_OSERR, NULL);
  	exit(0);
  }
  

>Audit-Trail:
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