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-rw-r--r--libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
index 37d4c274e..da0dc03e5 100644
--- a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
+++ b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
@@ -265,7 +265,14 @@ void FAST_FUNC bb_daemonize_or_rexec(int flags, char **argv)
close(2);
}
- fd = xopen(bb_dev_null, O_RDWR);
+ fd = open(bb_dev_null, O_RDWR);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ /* NB: we can be called as bb_sanitize_stdio() from init
+ * or mdev, and there /dev/null may legitimately not (yet) exist!
+ * Do not use xopen above, but obtain _ANY_ open descriptor,
+ * even bogus one as below. */
+ fd = xopen("/", O_RDONLY); /* don't believe this can fail */
+ }
while ((unsigned)fd < 2)
fd = dup(fd); /* have 0,1,2 open at least to /dev/null */