Update repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/targetuserspacecreator/libr…

…aries/userspacegen.py Co-authored-by: Toshio Kuratomi <[email protected]>
oamg · Nov 9, 2023 · b15533d · b15533d
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diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/targetuserspacecreator/libraries/userspacegen.py b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/targetuserspacecreator/libraries/userspacegen.py
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ def _copy_decouple(srcdir, dstdir):
 
             # Ensure parent directory exists
             parent_dir = os.path.dirname(target_filepath)
+            # Note: This is secure because we know that parent_dir is located inside of `$target_userspace/etc/pki` which is a directory that is not writable by unprivileged users.  If this function is used elsewhere we may need to be more careful before running `mkdir -p`.
             run(['mkdir', '-p', parent_dir])
 
             if os.path.islink(source_filepath):