Re: [patch] fix segfault when using 'userdel -r' and homedir is /dev/null

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On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> when userdel is called with -r, the function remove_dir() is called on the
> user's homedir ... well if the user's homedir is /dev/null, the code
> segfaults
>
> this is because remove_dir() calls opendir() on the homedir but never checks
> the return value ... so it continues on to calling readdir(NULL) and then
> promptly segfaults
>
> patch attached to address the issue ... Gentoo bug report in case anyone cares
> is at http://bugs.gentoo.org/139148

Looks like usermod also is affected by this bug.

Committed.
Thank you.

kloczek
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