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| -rw-r--r-- | changes/bug18261 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/or/connection.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug18261 b/changes/bug18261 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..df4c74f337 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug18261 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ + o Minor features (crypto): + - Fix a segfault during startup: If unix socket was configured as + listener (such as a ControlSocket or a SocksPort unix socket), and + tor was started as root but not configured to switch to another + user, tor would segfault while trying to string compare a NULL + value. Fixes bug 18261; bugfix on 0.2.8.1-alpha. Patch by weasel. diff --git a/src/or/connection.c b/src/or/connection.c index 6c2160c8b4..f459a1b608 100644 --- a/src/or/connection.c +++ b/src/or/connection.c @@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ retry_listener_ports(smartlist_t *old_conns, /* We don't need to be root to create a UNIX socket, so defer until after * setuid. */ const or_options_t *options = get_options(); - if (port->is_unix_addr && !geteuid() && strcmp(options->User, "root")) + if (port->is_unix_addr && !geteuid() && (options->User) && strcmp(options->User, "root")) continue; #endif |