lsattr,chattr: do not open e.g. device files unless asked directly; do not follow links

Add O_NOFOLLOW (and O_NOCTTY for good measure) to open calls like e2fsprogs does.

In lsattr, when recursing, operate only on regular files, symlinks, and directories.
(Otherwise, "lsattr /dev" can e.g. open a watchdog device... not good).

At this time, looks like chattr/lsattr can't operate on symlink inodes -
ioctls do not work on open(O_PATH | O_NOFOLLOW) fds.

function                                             old     new   delta
lsattr_dir_proc                                      168     203     +35
change_attributes                                    410     408      -2
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(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 1/1 up/down: 35/-2)              Total: 33 bytes

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

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsprogs/chattr.c b/e2fsprogs/chattr.c
index e599abae7..f436cd91e 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/chattr.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/chattr.c
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ static void change_attributes(const char *name, struct globals *gp)
                 bb_perror_msg("can't stat '%s'", name);
                 return;
         }
-        if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && gp->recursive)
-                return;
 
         /* Don't try to open device files, fifos etc.  We probably
          * ought to display an error if the file was explicitly given
@@ -172,7 +170,12 @@ static void change_attributes(const char *name, struct globals *gp)
         if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
                 return;
 
-        fd = open_or_warn(name, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK); /* neither read nor write asked for */
+        /* There is no way to run needed ioctls on a symlink.
+         * open(O_PATH | O_NOFOLLOW) _can_ be used to get a fd referring to the symlink,
+         * but ioctls fail on such a fd (tried on 4.12.0 kernel).
+         * e2fsprogs-1.46.2 uses open(O_NOFOLLOW), it fails on symlinks.
+         */
+        fd = open_or_warn(name, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY | O_NOFOLLOW);
         if (fd >= 0) {
                 int r;