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-rw-r--r--libbb/find_root_device.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/find_root_device.c b/libbb/find_root_device.c
index 7182102c7..9779f7e82 100644
--- a/libbb/find_root_device.c
+++ b/libbb/find_root_device.c
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ static char *find_block_device_in_dir(struct arena *ap)
while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
safe_strncpy(ap->devpath + len, entry->d_name, rem);
- if (stat(ap->devpath, &ap->st) != 0)
+ /* lstat: do not follow links */
+ if (lstat(ap->devpath, &ap->st) != 0)
continue;
if (S_ISBLK(ap->st.st_mode) && ap->st.st_rdev == ap->dev) {
retpath = xstrdup(ap->devpath);