Comment 11 for bug 2065579

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2024-06-04 07:23 EDT-------
@sergiodj

My patch went further and also allowed FIFOs.
This patch also passed all my verification with the workload that was previously failing.

iff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
index 51c94b0116..d19bb26570 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ static inline int close_if_special_file(int fd)
close_preserve_errno(fd);
return -1;
}
- if (!S_ISREG(stbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(stbuf.st_mode)) {
+ if (!S_ISREG(stbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(stbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISSOCK(stbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISFIFO(stbuf.st_mode)) {
error_report_once(
- "9p: broken or compromised client detected; attempt to open "
+ "9p: broken or compromised client detected; attempt to open a device"
"special file (i.e. neither regular file, nor directory)"
);
close(fd);