From 1dbb7df5ccec3e3d9fecded33850730486d6374d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:25:51 +0000
Subject: Check setuid() return value. Bugzilla #7116.

---
 ChangeLog |  5 +++++
 xload.c   | 15 ++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f782e91..a637939 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-06-20  Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>
+
+	* xload.c:
+	Check setuid() return value. Bugzilla #7116.
+
 2005-12-20  Kevin E. Martin  <kem-at-freedesktop-dot-org>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/xload.c b/xload.c
index 65595f0..2dc1cb3 100644
--- a/xload.c
+++ b/xload.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from the X Consortium.
  * xload - display system load average in a window
  */
 
-
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h> 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -162,8 +162,17 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     /* For security reasons, we reset our uid/gid after doing the necessary
        system initialization and before calling any X routines. */
     InitLoadPoint();
-    setgid(getgid());		/* reset gid first while still (maybe) root */
-    setuid(getuid());
+    /* reset gid first while still (maybe) root */
+    if (setgid(getgid()) == -1) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: setgid failed: %s\n", 
+		ProgramName, strerror(errno));
+	    exit(1);
+    }
+    if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: setuid failed: %s\n", 
+		ProgramName, strerror(errno));
+	    exit(1);
+    }
 
     XtSetLanguageProc(NULL, (XtLanguageProc) NULL, NULL);
 
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