FS#66314 - DHCPCD copies system directories to /var/lib/dhcpcd/

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Steve Schaeffer (schasj) - Sunday, 19 April 2020, 18:49 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Sunday, 19 April 2020, 20:26 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

DHCPCD 9.0.1 copies /dev /etc /proc /run /sys /var to /var/lib/dhcpcd


Additional info:
Before upgrade...
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42 Aug 3 2013 duid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 321 Apr 19 09:39 eth0.lease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131 Apr 19 11:44 eth0.lease6


After upgrade...
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 3.7K Apr 18 22:04 dev
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42 Aug 3 2013 duid
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 19 11:32 etc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 321 Apr 19 09:39 eth0.lease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131 Apr 19 11:44 eth0.lease6
dr-xr-xr-x 213 root root 0 Apr 18 22:04 proc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Apr 19 11:32 run
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Apr 18 22:04 sys
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Apr 19 11:32 var


Steps to reproduce:
Install/upgrade DHCPCD to version 9.0.1
ls -l /var/lib/dhcpcd
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Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Sunday, 19 April 2020, 20:26 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  This is expected
Comment by Steve Schaeffer (schasj) - Sunday, 19 April 2020, 19:49 GMT
After trying to clean this up I think this may well be malicious.

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