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Avoids an attack such as /var/run/dhcpcd-attack

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Walkthrough

Configuration processing removes one trailing slash from non-root configured directories. Root path validation permits the embedded configuration path and ctx->cffile for PS_READFILE and PS_FILEMTIME, and requires slash-delimited prefixes for database and runtime directory checks.

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Configured path handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Directory normalization configure	configure removes one trailing slash from each configured directory except / before generating configuration output.
Root path validation src/privsep-root.c	ps_root_validpath permits the embedded configuration path and ctx->cffile for PS_READFILE and PS_FILEMTIME. Its database and runtime directory checks require slash-delimited directory prefixes.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 787d5

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: path-separator checks for DBDIR and RUNDIR access to prevent similarly prefixed path matches.
Description check		The description directly relates to the changeset by identifying the /var/run/dhcpcd-attack path attack that the patch prevents.
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Review comments at @configure:
- Line 307: Update the trailing-slash trimming for v so it preserves the root
path / instead of reducing it to an empty string, while continuing to remove
trailing slashes from other values.

Review comments at @src/privsep-root.c:
- Line 278: Restrict the embedded-config exception in the
`PS_READFILE`/`PS_FILEMTIME` branch so `PS_FILEMTIME` cannot bypass the file
allowlist for an arbitrary path. Keep the `EMBEDDED_CONFIG` exception limited to
its intended operation, or require an exact match between `path` and
`ctx->cffile` for `PS_FILEMTIME`.

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