Public bug reported:
Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
Release: 18.04
busybox:
Installed: 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3
Candidate: 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3
3) Expected my CPIO archive to be fully extracted with proper symlinks
Command: unxz < /rootfs.cxz | cpio -i
4) 'Unsafe' symlinks were ignored such as:
sbin/init -> /lib/systemd/systemd
With the broken 1.27 sbin/init does not get created at all and my debirf
initrd fails to load/boot properly.
1.22 from Xenial works.
GNU Cpio also works.
It looks like 1.28 adds an env var to override this behavior:
libarchive: do not extract unsafe symlinks unless
$EXTRACT_UNSAFE_SYMLINKS=1
** Affects: busybox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
** Tags: busybox cpio
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753572
Title:
cpio in Busybox 1.27 ingnores "unsafe links"
Status in busybox package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
Release: 18.04
busybox:
Installed: 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3
Candidate: 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3
3) Expected my CPIO archive to be fully extracted with proper symlinks
Command: unxz < /rootfs.cxz | cpio -i
4) 'Unsafe' symlinks were ignored such as:
sbin/init -> /lib/systemd/systemd
With the broken 1.27 sbin/init does not get created at all and my
debirf initrd fails to load/boot properly.
1.22 from Xenial works.
GNU Cpio also works.
It looks like 1.28 adds an env var to override this behavior:
libarchive: do not extract unsafe symlinks unless
$EXTRACT_UNSAFE_SYMLINKS=1
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