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authorbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1996-03-29 12:55:54 +0000
committerbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1996-03-29 12:55:54 +0000
commit21c110b53ce50b60887b305b9bfdd7c611a8d63b (patch)
tree386b65796ff5b2e8bbf2234765e96dad72d9718f /lib/libc/gen/opendir.c
parenta0131ad117d3896d0855eff1a2bca37c799d82c5 (diff)
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stat() before open() because opening of special files may be harmful.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/opendir.c')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/opendir.c b/lib/libc/gen/opendir.c
index b3c0e09..8cba9cf 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/opendir.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/opendir.c
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ opendir(name)
int saved_errno;
struct stat sb;
+ /*
+ * stat() before open() because opening of special files may be
+ * harmful. fstat() after open because the file may have changed.
+ */
+ if (stat(name, &sb) != 0)
+ return NULL;
+ if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+ errno = ENOTDIR;
+ return NULL;
+ }
if ((fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) == -1)
return NULL;
dirp = NULL;
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