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diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43cef21 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 @@ -0,0 +1,255 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mktemp.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd February 11, 1998 +.Dt MKTEMP 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mktemp +.Nd make temporary file name (unique) +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In unistd.h +.Ft char * +.Fn mktemp "char *template" +.Ft int +.Fn mkstemp "char *template" +.Ft int +.Fn mkstemps "char *template" "int suffixlen" +.Ft char * +.Fn mkdtemp "char *template" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn mktemp +function +takes the given file name template and overwrites a portion of it +to create a file name. +This file name is guaranteed not to exist at the time of function invocation +and is suitable for use +by the application. +The template may be any file name with some number of +.Ql X Ns s +appended +to it, for example +.Pa /tmp/temp.XXXXXX . +The trailing +.Ql X Ns s +are replaced with a +unique alphanumeric combination. +The number of unique file names +.Fn mktemp +can return depends on the number of +.Ql X Ns s +provided; six +.Ql X Ns s +will +result in +.Fn mktemp +selecting one of 56800235584 (62 ** 6) possible temporary file names. +.Pp +The +.Fn mkstemp +function +makes the same replacement to the template and creates the template file, +mode 0600, returning a file descriptor opened for reading and writing. +This avoids the race between testing for a file's existence and opening it +for use. +.Pp +The +.Fn mkstemps +function acts the same as +.Fn mkstemp , +except it permits a suffix to exist in the template. +The template should be of the form +.Pa /tmp/tmpXXXXXXsuffix . +The +.Fn mkstemps +function +is told the length of the suffix string. +.Pp +The +.Fn mkdtemp +function makes the same replacement to the template as in +.Fn mktemp +and creates the template directory, mode 0700. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn mktemp +and +.Fn mkdtemp +functions return a pointer to the template on success and +.Dv NULL +on failure. +The +.Fn mkstemp +and +.Fn mkstemps +functions +return \-1 if no suitable file could be created. +If either call fails an error code is placed in the global variable +.Va errno . +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn mkstemp , +.Fn mkstemps +and +.Fn mkdtemp +functions +may set +.Va errno +to one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er ENOTDIR +The pathname portion of the template is not an existing directory. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn mkstemp , +.Fn mkstemps +and +.Fn mkdtemp +functions +may also set +.Va errno +to any value specified by the +.Xr stat 2 +function. +.Pp +The +.Fn mkstemp +and +.Fn mkstemps +functions +may also set +.Va errno +to any value specified by the +.Xr open 2 +function. +.Pp +The +.Fn mkdtemp +function +may also set +.Va errno +to any value specified by the +.Xr mkdir 2 +function. +.Sh NOTES +A common problem that results in a core dump is that the programmer +passes in a read-only string to +.Fn mktemp , +.Fn mkstemp , +.Fn mkstemps +or +.Fn mkdtemp . +This is common with programs that were developed before +.St -isoC +compilers were common. +For example, calling +.Fn mkstemp +with an argument of +.Qq /tmp/tempfile.XXXXXX +will result in a core dump due to +.Fn mkstemp +attempting to modify the string constant that was given. +If the program in question makes heavy use of that type +of function call, you do have the option of compiling the program +so that it will store string constants in a writable segment of memory. +See +.Xr gcc 1 +for more information. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chmod 2 , +.Xr getpid 2 , +.Xr mkdir 2 , +.Xr open 2 , +.Xr stat 2 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn mktemp +function appeared in +.At v7 . +The +.Fn mkstemp +function appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . +The +.Fn mkdtemp +function first appeared in +.Ox 2.2 , +and later in +.Fx 3.2 . +The +.Fn mkstemps +function first appeared in +.Ox 2.4 , +and later in +.Fx 3.4 . +.Sh BUGS +This family of functions produces filenames which can be guessed, +though the risk is minimized when large numbers of +.Ql X Ns s +are used to +increase the number of possible temporary filenames. +This makes the race in +.Fn mktemp , +between testing for a file's existence (in the +.Fn mktemp +function call) +and opening it for use +(later in the user application) +particularly dangerous from a security perspective. +Whenever it is possible, +.Fn mkstemp +should be used instead, since it does not have the race condition. +If +.Fn mkstemp +cannot be used, the filename created by +.Fn mktemp +should be created using the +.Dv O_EXCL +flag to +.Xr open 2 +and the return status of the call should be tested for failure. +This will ensure that the program does not continue blindly +in the event that an attacker has already created the file +with the intention of manipulating or reading its contents. +.Pp +The implementation of these functions calls +.Xr arc4random 3 , +which is not reentrant. +You must provide your own locking around this and other consumers of the +.Xr arc4random 3 +API. |