Merge pull request #4560 from onny/nolinkcheck

Remove /etc/hosts is_link check
netblue30 · Sep 24, 2021 · a5c7189 · a5c7189
2 parents 452916a + c2c51e7
commit a5c7189
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diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@ char *fs_check_hosts_file(const char *fname) {
  invalid_filename(fname, 0); // no globbing
  char *rv = expand_macros(fname);
 
- // no a link
- if (is_link(rv))
- goto errexit;
-
  // the user has read access to the file
  if (access(rv, R_OK))
  goto errexit;
@@ -119,9 +115,6 @@ void fs_mount_hosts_file(void) {
  struct stat s;
  if (stat("/etc/hosts", &s) == -1)
  goto errexit;
- // not a link
- if (is_link("/etc/hosts"))
- goto errexit;
  // owned by root
  if (s.st_uid != 0)
  goto errexit;