File util-linux-mesg-use-only-stat.patch of Package python-libmount.31381

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File util-linux-mesg-use-only-stat.patch of Package python-libmount.31381

From c0246ce059503bbc078122a50d564ca36a66f348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:39:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mesg: use only stat() to get the current terminal status

open()+stat() does not work for example after su(1) (from root to
non-root). It seems better to use only stat() to get the current
terminal status.

Addresses: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906157
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
---
 term-utils/mesg.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: util-linux-2.31.1/term-utils/mesg.c
===================================================================
--- util-linux-2.31.1.orig/term-utils/mesg.c
+++ util-linux-2.31.1/term-utils/mesg.c
@@ -123,13 +123,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if ((tty = ttyname(STDERR_FILENO)) == NULL)
 		err(MESG_EXIT_FAILURE, _("ttyname failed"));
-	if ((fd = open(tty, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		err(MESG_EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), tty);
-	if (fstat(fd, &sb))
-		err(MESG_EXIT_FAILURE, _("stat of %s failed"), tty);
-
 	if (!*argv) {
-		close(fd);
+		if (stat(tty, &sb))
+			err(MESG_EXIT_FAILURE, _("stat of %s failed"), tty);
 		if (sb.st_mode & (S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH)) {
 			puts(_("is y"));
 			return IS_ALLOWED;
@@ -138,6 +134,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return IS_NOT_ALLOWED;
 	}
 
+	if ((fd = open(tty, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+		err(MESG_EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), tty);
+	if (fstat(fd, &sb))
+		err(MESG_EXIT_FAILURE, _("stat of %s failed"), tty);
+
 	switch (rpmatch(argv[0])) {
 	case RPMATCH_YES:
 #ifdef USE_TTY_GROUP

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