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From df4a3b7270539843ae76275485ca76efcdf361d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 19:16:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 02/40] Fix CVE-2011-4028: File disclosure vulnerability.
 upstream xorg/xserver commit 6ba44b91e37622ef8c146d8f2ac92d708a18ed34

use O_NOFOLLOW to open the existing lock file, so symbolic links
aren't followed, thus avoid revealing if it point to an existing
file.
---
 nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c
+++ b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ LockServer(void)
       /*
        * Read the pid from the existing file
        */
-      lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY);
+      lfd = open(LockFile, O_RDONLY|O_NOFOLLOW);
       if (lfd < 0) {
         unlink(tmp);
         FatalError("Can't read lock file %s\n", LockFile);