chpasswd: fix possible free() or non-allocated string. +8 bytes

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/loginutils/chpasswd.c b/loginutils/chpasswd.c
index 2262b792a..b7df57e5d 100644
--- a/loginutils/chpasswd.c
+++ b/loginutils/chpasswd.c
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ static const char chpasswd_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
 int chpasswd_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int chpasswd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
-        char *name, *pass;
-        char salt[sizeof("$N$XXXXXXXX")];
-        int opt, rc;
+        char *name;
+        int opt;
 
         if (getuid() != 0)
                 bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root);
@@ -45,6 +44,10 @@ int chpasswd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         opt = getopt32(argv, "em");
 
         while ((name = xmalloc_fgetline(stdin)) != NULL) {
+                char *free_me;
+                char *pass;
+                int rc;
+
                 pass = strchr(name, ':');
                 if (!pass)
                         bb_error_msg_and_die("missing new password");
@@ -52,7 +55,10 @@ int chpasswd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
                 xuname2uid(name); /* dies if there is no such user */
 
+                free_me = NULL;
                 if (!(opt & OPT_ENC)) {
+                        char salt[sizeof("$N$XXXXXXXX")];
+
                         crypt_make_salt(salt, 1);
                         if (opt & OPT_MD5) {
                                 salt[0] = '$';
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ int chpasswd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                 salt[2] = '$';
                                 crypt_make_salt(salt + 3, 4);
                         }
-                        pass = pw_encrypt(pass, salt, 0);
+                        free_me = pass = pw_encrypt(pass, salt, 0);
                 }
 
                 /* This is rather complex: if user is not found in /etc/shadow,
@@ -81,8 +87,7 @@ int chpasswd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         bb_info_msg("Password for '%s' changed", name);
                 logmode = LOGMODE_STDIO;
                 free(name);
-                if (!(opt & OPT_ENC))
-                        free(pass);
+                free(free_me);
         }
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }