[PATCH 1/3] tools/nolibc: verify that a directory is opened

From: Thomas Weißschuh

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 16:20:01 EST


If a non-directory is opened, ENODIR should be returned from
opendir()/fdopendir() right away and not only during readdir_r().

Validate the type of opened file during open.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/include/nolibc/dirent.h | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/dirent.h b/tools/include/nolibc/dirent.h
index 4e02ef25e72d..25fbff208998 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/dirent.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/dirent.h
@@ -30,10 +30,23 @@ typedef struct {
static __attribute__((unused))
DIR *fdopendir(int fd)
{
+ struct stat buf;
+ int ret;
+
if (fd < 0) {
SET_ERRNO(EBADF);
return NULL;
}
+
+ ret = fstat(fd, &buf);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (!S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) {
+ SET_ERRNO(ENOTDIR);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
return (DIR *)(intptr_t)~fd;
}


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