diff --git a/package/openrc/0007-checkpath-fix-CVE-2018-21269.patch b/package/openrc/0007-checkpath-fix-CVE-2018-21269.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..121f229864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/openrc/0007-checkpath-fix-CVE-2018-21269.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+From b6fef599bf8493480664b766040fa9b0d4b1e335 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:15:59 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] checkpath: fix CVE-2018-21269
+
+This walks the directory path to the file we are going to manipulate to make
+sure that when we create the file and change the ownership and permissions
+we are working on the same file.
+Also, all non-terminal symbolic links must be owned by root. This will
+keep a non-root user from making a symbolic link as described in the
+bug. If root creates the symbolic link, it is assumed to be trusted.
+
+On non-linux platforms, we no longer follow non-terminal symbolic links
+by default. If you need to do that, add the -s option on the checkpath
+command line, but keep in mind that this is not secure.
+
+This fixes #201.
+
+[Patch taken from upstream:
+https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/commit/b6fef599bf8493480664b766040fa9b0d4b1e335]
+Signed-off-by: Heiko Thiery <heiko.thiery@gmail.com>
+---
+ man/openrc-run.8   |   6 +++
+ src/rc/checkpath.c | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
+ 2 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/man/openrc-run.8 b/man/openrc-run.8
+index 1102daaa..ec4b88de 100644
+--- a/man/openrc-run.8
++++ b/man/openrc-run.8
+@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ Mark the service as inactive.
+ .Op Fl p , -pipe
+ .Op Fl m , -mode Ar mode
+ .Op Fl o , -owner Ar owner
++.Op Fl s , -symlinks
+ .Op Fl W , -writable
+ .Op Fl q , -quiet
+ .Ar path ...
+@@ -481,6 +482,11 @@ or with names, and are separated by a colon.
+ The truncate options (-D and -F) cause the directory or file to be
+ cleared of all contents.
+ .Pp
++If -s is not specified on a non-linux platform, checkpath will refuse to
++allow non-terminal symbolic links to exist in the path. This is for
++security reasons so that a non-root user can't create a symbolic link to
++a root-owned file and take ownership of that file.
++.Pp
+ If -W is specified, checkpath checks to see if the first path given on
+ the command line is writable.  This is different from how the test
+ command in the shell works, because it also checks to make sure the file
+diff --git a/src/rc/checkpath.c b/src/rc/checkpath.c
+index 448c9cf8..ff54a892 100644
+--- a/src/rc/checkpath.c
++++ b/src/rc/checkpath.c
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+  *    except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file.
+  */
+ 
++#define _GNU_SOURCE
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ 
+@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <getopt.h>
+ #include <grp.h>
++#include <libgen.h>
+ #include <pwd.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ typedef enum {
+ 
+ const char *applet = NULL;
+ const char *extraopts ="path1 [path2] [...]";
+-const char *getoptstring = "dDfFpm:o:W" getoptstring_COMMON;
++const char *getoptstring = "dDfFpm:o:sW" getoptstring_COMMON;
+ const struct option longopts[] = {
+ 	{ "directory",          0, NULL, 'd'},
+ 	{ "directory-truncate", 0, NULL, 'D'},
+@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ const struct option longopts[] = {
+ 	{ "pipe",               0, NULL, 'p'},
+ 	{ "mode",               1, NULL, 'm'},
+ 	{ "owner",              1, NULL, 'o'},
++	{ "symlinks",           0, NULL, 's'},
+ 	{ "writable",           0, NULL, 'W'},
+ 	longopts_COMMON
+ };
+@@ -64,15 +67,92 @@ const char * const longopts_help[] = {
+ 	"Create a named pipe (FIFO) if not exists",
+ 	"Mode to check",
+ 	"Owner to check (user:group)",
++	"follow symbolic links (irrelivent on linux)",
+ 	"Check whether the path is writable or not",
+ 	longopts_help_COMMON
+ };
+ const char *usagestring = NULL;
+ 
++static int get_dirfd(char *path, bool symlinks) {
++	char *ch;
++	char *item;
++	char *linkpath = NULL;
++	char *path_dupe;
++	char *str;
++	int components = 0;
++	int dirfd;
++	int flags = 0;
++	int new_dirfd;
++	struct stat st;
++	ssize_t linksize;
++
++	if (!path || *path != '/')
++		eerrorx("%s: empty or relative path", applet);
++	dirfd = openat(dirfd, "/", O_RDONLY);
++	if (dirfd == -1)
++		eerrorx("%s: unable to open the root directory: %s",
++				applet, strerror(errno));
++	path_dupe = xstrdup(path);
++	ch = path_dupe;
++	while (*ch) {
++		if (*ch == '/')
++			components++;
++		ch++;
++	}
++	item = strtok(path_dupe, "/");
++#ifdef O_PATH
++	flags |= O_PATH;
++#endif
++	if (!symlinks)
++		flags |= O_NOFOLLOW;
++	flags |= O_RDONLY;
++	while (dirfd > 0 && item && components > 1) {
++		str = xstrdup(linkpath ? linkpath : item);
++		new_dirfd = openat(dirfd, str, flags);
++		if (new_dirfd == -1)
++			eerrorx("%s: %s: could not open %s: %s", applet, path, str,
++					strerror(errno));
++		if (fstat(new_dirfd, &st) == -1)
++			eerrorx("%s: %s: unable to stat %s: %s", applet, path, item,
++					strerror(errno));
++		if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) ) {
++			if (st.st_uid != 0)
++				eerrorx("%s: %s: synbolic link %s not owned by root",
++						applet, path, str);
++			linksize = st.st_size+1;
++			if (linkpath)
++				free(linkpath);
++			linkpath = xmalloc(linksize);
++			memset(linkpath, 0, linksize);
++			if (readlinkat(new_dirfd, "", linkpath, linksize) != st.st_size)
++				eerrorx("%s: symbolic link destination changed", applet);
++			/*
++			 * now follow the symlink.
++			 */
++			close(new_dirfd);
++		} else {
++			close(dirfd);
++			dirfd = new_dirfd;
++			free(linkpath);
++			linkpath = NULL;
++			item = strtok(NULL, "/");
++			components--;
++		}
++	}
++	free(path_dupe);
++	if (linkpath) {
++		free(linkpath);
++		linkpath = NULL;
++	}
++	return dirfd;
++}
++
+ static int do_check(char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, mode_t mode,
+-	inode_t type, bool trunc, bool chowner, bool selinux_on)
++	inode_t type, bool trunc, bool chowner, bool symlinks, bool selinux_on)
+ {
+ 	struct stat st;
++	char *name = NULL;
++	int dirfd;
+ 	int fd;
+ 	int flags;
+ 	int r;
+@@ -93,14 +173,16 @@ static int do_check(char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, mode_t mode,
+ #endif
+ 	if (trunc)
+ 		flags |= O_TRUNC;
+-	readfd = open(path, readflags);
++	xasprintf(&name, "%s", basename_c(path));
++	dirfd = get_dirfd(path, symlinks);
++	readfd = openat(dirfd, name, readflags);
+ 	if (readfd == -1 || (type == inode_file && trunc)) {
+ 		if (type == inode_file) {
+ 			einfo("%s: creating file", path);
+ 			if (!mode) /* 664 */
+ 				mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH;
+ 			u = umask(0);
+-			fd = open(path, flags, mode);
++			fd = openat(dirfd, name, flags, mode);
+ 			umask(u);
+ 			if (fd == -1) {
+ 				eerror("%s: open: %s", applet, strerror(errno));
+@@ -122,7 +204,7 @@ static int do_check(char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, mode_t mode,
+ 				    strerror (errno));
+ 				return -1;
+ 			}
+-			readfd = open(path, readflags);
++			readfd = openat(dirfd, name, readflags);
+ 			if (readfd == -1) {
+ 				eerror("%s: unable to open directory: %s", applet,
+ 						strerror(errno));
+@@ -140,7 +222,7 @@ static int do_check(char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, mode_t mode,
+ 				    strerror (errno));
+ 				return -1;
+ 			}
+-			readfd = open(path, readflags);
++			readfd = openat(dirfd, name, readflags);
+ 			if (readfd == -1) {
+ 				eerror("%s: unable to open fifo: %s", applet,
+ 						strerror(errno));
+@@ -259,6 +341,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 	int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ 	bool trunc = false;
+ 	bool chowner = false;
++	bool symlinks = false;
+ 	bool writable = false;
+ 	bool selinux_on = false;
+ 
+@@ -293,6 +376,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 				eerrorx("%s: owner `%s' not found",
+ 				    applet, optarg);
+ 			break;
++		case 's':
++#ifndef O_PATH
++			symlinks = true;
++#endif
++			break;
+ 		case 'W':
+ 			writable = true;
+ 			break;
+@@ -320,7 +408,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 	while (optind < argc) {
+ 		if (writable)
+ 			exit(!is_writable(argv[optind]));
+-		if (do_check(argv[optind], uid, gid, mode, type, trunc, chowner, selinux_on))
++		if (do_check(argv[optind], uid, gid, mode, type, trunc, chowner,
++					symlinks, selinux_on))
+ 			retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ 		optind++;
+ 	}
+-- 
+2.20.1
+
diff --git a/package/openrc/openrc.mk b/package/openrc/openrc.mk
index 97536dad37..ba1691e70f 100644
--- a/package/openrc/openrc.mk
+++ b/package/openrc/openrc.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ OPENRC_SITE = $(call github,OpenRC,openrc,$(OPENRC_VERSION))
 OPENRC_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
 OPENRC_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
+# 0007-checkpath-fix-CVE-2018-21269.patch
+OPENRC_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2018-21269
+
 OPENRC_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 
 # set LIBNAME so openrc puts files in proper directories and sets proper
