Binwalk corrupts symlinks
alexsantee opened this issue · 2 comments
alexsantee commented
I've installed FirmAE on a Linux Mint 20.1 which already had binwalk installed. I've used the build.sh and install.sh scripts, but I'm not sure if FirmAE is using the system's Binwalk or if it's using another.
At extraction binwalk shows this warning message of converting an external symlink to /dev/null, which I think is bad for the emulation:
WARNING: Symlink points outside of the extraction directory: /tmp/tmpbeeef6ux/_openwrt-21.02.1-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_tl-wr840n-v4-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/sbin/modinfo -> /usr/sbin/kmodloader; changing link target to /dev/null for security purposes.
In a chroot or emulated environment this security risk shouldn't apply
Currently I'm using the --preserve-symlinks flag for binwalk at the extractor script
pr0v3rbs commented
Sorry for the late.
Currently, because of some issues, FirmAE uses Binwalk with 2.3.1. version. (#36 (comment))
It needs to be changed some codes with your advice.
I will check soon, thanks!