--- /dev/null
+diff -up patch-2.6.1/Makefile.in.CVE-2010-4651 patch-2.6.1/Makefile.in
+--- patch-2.6.1/Makefile.in.CVE-2010-4651 2009-12-30 12:56:30.000000000 +0000
++++ patch-2.6.1/Makefile.in 2011-02-10 12:29:32.926361705 +0000
+@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ installcheck::
+ TESTS = \
+ tests/asymmetric-hunks \
+ tests/backup-prefix-suffix \
++ tests/bad-filenames \
+ tests/corrupt-reject-files \
+ tests/create-delete \
+ tests/crlf-handling \
+diff -up patch-2.6.1/src/common.h.CVE-2010-4651 patch-2.6.1/src/common.h
+--- patch-2.6.1/src/common.h.CVE-2010-4651 2011-02-10 12:30:29.142797627 +0000
++++ patch-2.6.1/src/common.h 2011-02-10 12:30:33.566989729 +0000
+@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ XTERN char *revision; /* prerequisite
+ #endif
+
+ void fatal_exit (int) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
++void validate_target_name (char const *n);
+
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #if !STDC_HEADERS && !defined errno
+diff -up patch-2.6.1/src/patch.c.CVE-2010-4651 patch-2.6.1/src/patch.c
+--- patch-2.6.1/src/patch.c.CVE-2010-4651 2011-02-10 12:30:20.721432124 +0000
++++ patch-2.6.1/src/patch.c 2011-02-10 12:30:33.567989772 +0000
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
+ #include <util.h>
+ #include <version.h>
+ #include <xalloc.h>
++#include <dirname.h>
+
+ /* procedures */
+
+@@ -916,6 +917,26 @@ numeric_string (char const *string,
+ return value;
+ }
+
++void
++validate_target_name (char const *n)
++{
++ char const *p = n;
++ if (explicit_inname)
++ return;
++ if (IS_ABSOLUTE_FILE_NAME (p))
++ fatal ("rejecting absolute target file name: %s", quotearg (p));
++ while (*p)
++ {
++ if (*p == '.' && *++p == '.' && ( ! *++p || ISSLASH (*p)))
++ fatal ("rejecting target file name with \"..\" component: %s",
++ quotearg (n));
++ while (*p && ! ISSLASH (*p))
++ p++;
++ while (ISSLASH (*p))
++ p++;
++ }
++}
++
+ /* Attempt to find the right place to apply this hunk of patch. */
+
+ static LINENUM
+diff -up patch-2.6.1/src/pch.c.CVE-2010-4651 patch-2.6.1/src/pch.c
+--- patch-2.6.1/src/pch.c.CVE-2010-4651 2009-12-30 12:56:30.000000000 +0000
++++ patch-2.6.1/src/pch.c 2011-02-10 12:30:33.573990033 +0000
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ /* Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall
+
+ Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
+- 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
++ 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ maybe_reverse (char const *name, bool no
+ {
+ bool looks_reversed = (! is_empty) < p_says_nonexistent[reverse ^ is_empty];
+
++ validate_target_name (name);
++
+ if (looks_reversed)
+ reverse ^=
+ ok_to_reverse ("The next patch%s would %s the file %s,\nwhich %s!",
+@@ -725,6 +727,7 @@ intuit_diff_type (bool need_header)
+ inerrno = stat_errno[i];
+ invc = version_controlled[i];
+ instat = st[i];
++ validate_target_name (inname);
+ }
+
+ return retval;
+diff -up patch-2.6.1/tests/bad-filenames.CVE-2010-4651 patch-2.6.1/tests/bad-filenames
+--- patch-2.6.1/tests/bad-filenames.CVE-2010-4651 2011-02-10 12:29:32.931361921 +0000
++++ patch-2.6.1/tests/bad-filenames 2011-02-10 12:30:33.576990163 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
++# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
++#
++# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
++# in any medium, are permitted without royalty provided the copyright
++# notice and this notice are preserved.
++
++. $srcdir/test-lib.sh
++
++use_local_patch
++use_tmpdir
++
++# ================================================================
++
++emit_2()
++{
++cat <<EOF
++--- $1
+++++ $2
++@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+++x
++EOF
++}
++
++emit_patch() { emit_2 /dev/null "$1"; }
++
++# Ensure that patch rejects an output file name that is absolute
++# or that contains a ".." component.
++
++check 'emit_patch /absolute/path | patch -p0; echo status: $?' <<EOF
++$PATCH: **** rejecting absolute target file name: /absolute/path
++status: 2
++EOF
++
++check 'emit_patch a/../z | patch -p0; echo status: $?' <<EOF
++$PATCH: **** rejecting target file name with ".." component: a/../z
++status: 2
++EOF
++
++check 'emit_patch a/../z | patch -p1; echo status: $?' <<EOF
++$PATCH: **** rejecting target file name with ".." component: ../z
++status: 2
++EOF
++
++check 'emit_patch a/.. | patch -p0; echo status: $?' <<EOF
++$PATCH: **** rejecting target file name with ".." component: a/..
++status: 2
++EOF
++
++check 'emit_patch ../z | patch -p0; echo status: $?' <<EOF
++$PATCH: **** rejecting target file name with ".." component: ../z
++status: 2
++EOF
++
++check 'emit_2 /abs/path target | patch -p0; echo status: $?' <<EOF
++patching file target
++status: 0
++EOF
++
++echo x > target
++check 'emit_2 /abs/path target | patch -R -p0; echo status: $?' <<EOF
++patching file target
++status: 0
++EOF
++
++# Do not validate any file name from the input when the target
++# is specified on the command line:
++touch abs
++check 'emit_patch /absolute/path | patch `pwd`/abs; echo status: $?' <<EOF
++patching file `pwd`/abs
++status: 0
++EOF