upstream: Print an \r in front of the password prompt so parts of
a password that was entered too early are likely clobbered by the prompt.
Idea from doas.
from and ok djm
"i like it" deraadt
OpenBSD-Commit-ID: 5fb97c68df6d8b09ab37f77bca1d84d799c4084e
diff --git a/readpass.c b/readpass.c
index f160f86..44014ef 100644
--- a/readpass.c
+++ b/readpass.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: readpass.c,v 1.52 2018/07/18 11:34:04 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: readpass.c,v 1.53 2019/01/19 04:15:56 tb Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2001 Markus Friedl. All rights reserved.
*
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
char *
read_passphrase(const char *prompt, int flags)
{
- char *askpass = NULL, *ret, buf[1024];
+ char cr = '\r', *askpass = NULL, *ret, buf[1024];
int rppflags, use_askpass = 0, ttyfd;
rppflags = (flags & RP_ECHO) ? RPP_ECHO_ON : RPP_ECHO_OFF;
@@ -131,9 +131,16 @@
} else {
rppflags |= RPP_REQUIRE_TTY;
ttyfd = open(_PATH_TTY, O_RDWR);
- if (ttyfd >= 0)
+ if (ttyfd >= 0) {
+ /*
+ * If we're on a tty, ensure that show the prompt at
+ * the beginning of the line. This will hopefully
+ * clobber any password characters the user has
+ * optimistically typed before echo is disabled.
+ */
+ (void)write(ttyfd, &cr, 1);
close(ttyfd);
- else {
+ } else {
debug("read_passphrase: can't open %s: %s", _PATH_TTY,
strerror(errno));
use_askpass = 1;