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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index 8ce10f84..ffe92518 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -440,8 +440,19 @@ static int unlink_file(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *oldpkg,
{
struct stat buf;
char file[PATH_MAX];
+ int file_len;
- snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, fileobj->name);
+ file_len = snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, fileobj->name);
+ if(file_len <= 0 || file_len >= PATH_MAX) {
+ /* 0 is a valid value from snprintf, but should be impossible here */
+ _alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "path too long to unlink %s%s\n",
+ handle->root, fileobj->name);
+ return -1;
+ } else if(file[file_len-1] == '/') {
+ /* trailing slashes cause errors and confusing messages if the user has
+ * replaced a directory with a symlink */
+ file[--file_len] = '\0';
+ }
if(llstat(file, &buf)) {
_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "file %s does not exist\n", file);