Fixes to Coverity defects 85010 84878 72752 72742 72719 and 73418.

skygw_utils.cc: Added function is_valid_posix_path that checks if a path is POSIX-compliant.

utils/skygw_types.h

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 #define SECOND_USEC (1024*1024L)
 #define MSEC_USEC   (1024L)

utils/skygw_utils.cc

@@ -2058,11 +2058,29 @@ size_t get_decimal_len(
 	return value > 0 ? (size_t) log10 ((double) value) + 1 : 1;
 }
 
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+/**
+ * Check if the provided pathname is POSIX-compliant. The valid characters
+ * are [a-z A-Z 0-9._-].
+ * @param path A null-terminated string
+ * @return true if it is a POSIX-compliant pathname, otherwise false
+ */
+bool is_valid_posix_path(char* path)
+{
+  char* ptr = path;
+  while (*ptr != '\0')
+    {
+      if (isalnum (*ptr) ||
+          *ptr == '/' ||
+          *ptr == '.' ||
+          *ptr == '-' ||
+          *ptr == '_')
+        {
+          ptr++;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          return false;
+        }
+    }
+  return true;
+}

utils/skygw_utils.h

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ size_t get_decimal_len(size_t s);
 char* replace_literal(char* haystack, 
                       const char* needle, 
                       const char* replacement);
-
+bool is_valid_posix_path(char* path);
 EXTERN_C_BLOCK_END
 
 #endif /* SKYGW_UTILS_H */