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c - access() Security Hole

I've been doing some shell writing and came across a recommendation for access() to check whether a file exists, can be read, etc. Seems super easy to implement and faster than stat(). When I started looking at the man page for it, I noticed that it is NOT recommended for use because it can lead to a security hole. The man page says this:

Using access() to check if a user is authorized to e.g. open a file before actually doing so using open(2) creates a security hole, because the user might exploit the short time interval between checking and opening the file to manipulate it.

Does anyone know how this can be exploited or if it pertains only to using open() after checking a file? I know that a lot of people say to use stat() instead, but access() is so easy to implement, especially for the shell that I used it for.

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That is a TOCTOU race (Time of Check to Time of Update). A malicious user could substitute a file he has access to for a symlink to something he doesn't have access to between the access() and the open() calls. Use faccessat() or fstat(). In general, open a file once, and use f*() functions on it (e.g: fchown(), ...).


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