1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_cpio.c b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_cpio.c
index 302f12233..52854dff9 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_cpio.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_cpio.c
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ char FAST_FUNC get_header_cpio(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
         file_header->name = xzalloc(namesize + 1);
         /* Read in filename */
         xread(archive_handle->src_fd, file_header->name, namesize);
+        if (file_header->name[0] == '/') {
+                /* Testcase: echo /etc/hosts | cpio -pvd /tmp
+                 * Without this code, it tries to unpack /etc/hosts
+                 * into "/etc/hosts", not "etc/hosts".
+                 */
+                char *p = file_header->name;
+                do p++; while (*p == '/');
+                overlapping_strcpy(file_header->name, p);
+        }
         archive_handle->offset += namesize;
 
         /* Update offset amount and skip padding before file contents */