Fix for #2387, but need some testing first

src/brain.c

@@ -1486,12 +1486,14 @@ bool brain_server_read_hash_dumps (brain_server_dbs_t *brain_server_dbs, const c
 {
   brain_server_dbs->hash_cnt = 0;
 
+  /* temporary disabled due to https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2379
   if (chdir (path) == -1)
   {
     brain_logging (stderr, 0, "%s: %s\n", path, strerror (errno));
 
     return false;
   }
+  */
 
   DIR *dirp = opendir (path);
 
@@ -1683,12 +1685,14 @@ bool brain_server_read_attack_dumps (brain_server_dbs_t *brain_server_dbs, const
 {
   brain_server_dbs->attack_cnt = 0;
 
+  /* temporary disabled due to https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2379
   if (chdir (path) == -1)
   {
     brain_logging (stderr, 0, "%s: %s\n", path, strerror (errno));
 
     return false;
   }
+  */
 
   DIR *dirp = opendir (path);
 

src/folder.c

@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ int folder_config_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, MAYBE_UNUSED const char *ins
    * A workaround is to chdir() to the OpenCL folder,
    * then compile the kernels,
    * then chdir() back to where we came from so we need to save it first
+   * - temporary disabled due to https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2379
    */
 
   char *cwd = (char *) hcmalloc (HCBUFSIZ_TINY);
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ int folder_config_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, MAYBE_UNUSED const char *ins
   hcfree (cpath);
 
   //if (getenv ("TMP") == NULL)
+  /* temporary disabled due to https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2379
   if (true)
   {
     char *tmp;
@@ -458,6 +460,7 @@ int folder_config_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, MAYBE_UNUSED const char *ins
 
     putenv (tmp);
   }
+  */
 
   #if defined (_WIN)
 

src/user_options.c

@@ -2760,12 +2760,14 @@ int user_options_check_files (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
    * default building options
    */
 
+  /* temporary disabled due to https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2379
   if (chdir (folder_config->cpath_real) == -1)
   {
     event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "%s: %s", folder_config->cpath_real, strerror (errno));
 
     return -1;
   }
+  */
 
   // include check
   // this test needs to be done manually because of macOS opencl runtime
@@ -2792,9 +2794,13 @@ int user_options_check_files (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
   for (int i = 0; files_names[i] != NULL; i++)
   {
-    if (hc_path_read (files_names[i]) == false)
+    char *temp_filename = NULL;
+
+    hc_asprintf (&temp_filename, "%s/%s", folder_config->cpath_real, files_names[i]);
+
+    if (hc_path_read (temp_filename) == false)
     {
-      event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "%s: %s", files_names[i], strerror (errno));
+      event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "%s: %s", temp_filename, strerror (errno));
 
       return -1;
     }
@@ -2802,6 +2808,7 @@ int user_options_check_files (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
   // return back to the folder we came from initially (workaround)
 
+  /* temporary disabled due to https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2379
   #if defined (_WIN)
   if (chdir ("..") == -1)
   {
@@ -2817,6 +2824,7 @@ int user_options_check_files (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
     return -1;
   }
   #endif
+  */
 
   return 0;
 }