package symlink import ( "fmt" "os" "path" "path/filepath" "strings" ) const maxLoopCounter = 100 // FollowSymlink will follow an existing link and scope it to the root // path provided. // The role of this function is to return an absolute path in the root // or normalize to the root if the symlink leads to a path which is // outside of the root. // Errors encountered while attempting to follow the symlink in path // will be reported. // Normalizations to the root don't constitute errors. func FollowSymlinkInScope(link, root string) (string, error) { root, err := filepath.Abs(root) if err != nil { return "", err } link, err = filepath.Abs(link) if err != nil { return "", err } if link == root { return root, nil } if !strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Dir(link), root) { return "", fmt.Errorf("%s is not within %s", link, root) } prev := "/" for _, p := range strings.Split(link, "/") { prev = filepath.Join(prev, p) loopCounter := 0 for { loopCounter++ if loopCounter >= maxLoopCounter { return "", fmt.Errorf("loopCounter reached MAX: %v", loopCounter) } if !strings.HasPrefix(prev, root) { // Don't resolve symlinks outside of root. For example, // we don't have to check /home in the below. // // /home -> usr/home // FollowSymlinkInScope("/home/bob/foo/bar", "/home/bob/foo") break } stat, err := os.Lstat(prev) if err != nil { if os.IsNotExist(err) { break } return "", err } // let's break if we're not dealing with a symlink if stat.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != os.ModeSymlink { break } // process the symlink dest, err := os.Readlink(prev) if err != nil { return "", err } if path.IsAbs(dest) { prev = filepath.Join(root, dest) } else { prev, _ = filepath.Abs(prev) dir := filepath.Dir(prev) prev = filepath.Join(dir, dest) if dir == root && !strings.HasPrefix(prev, root) { prev = root } if len(prev) < len(root) || (len(prev) == len(root) && prev != root) { prev = filepath.Join(root, filepath.Base(dest)) } } } } if prev == "/" { prev = root } return prev, nil }