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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.312
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c14
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.3
index 065ba312c2ef..76f40249963b 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 11, 2012
+.Dd October 10, 2025
.Dt REALPATH 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ and
.Xr getcwd 3 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getcwd 3
-.\" .Sh STANDARDS
-.\" The
-.\" .Fn realpath
-.\" function conforms to
-.\" .St -p1003.1-2001 .
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn realpath
+function conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-2001 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn realpath
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
index 4c52b73319ab..18f29e95ee6b 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ realpath1(const char *path, char *resolved)
{
struct stat sb;
char *p, *q;
- size_t left_len, resolved_len, next_token_len;
+ size_t left_len, prev_len, resolved_len, next_token_len;
unsigned symlinks;
ssize_t slen;
char left[PATH_MAX], next_token[PATH_MAX], symlink[PATH_MAX];
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ realpath1(const char *path, char *resolved)
left_len = 0;
}
+ prev_len = resolved_len;
if (resolved[resolved_len - 1] != '/') {
if (resolved_len + 1 >= PATH_MAX) {
errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
@@ -133,8 +134,17 @@ realpath1(const char *path, char *resolved)
errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
return (NULL);
}
- if (lstat(resolved, &sb) != 0)
+ if (lstat(resolved, &sb) != 0) {
+ /*
+ * EACCES means the parent directory is not
+ * readable, while ENOTDIR means the parent
+ * directory is not a directory. Rewind the path
+ * to correctly indicate where the error lies.
+ */
+ if (errno == EACCES || errno == ENOTDIR)
+ resolved[prev_len] = '\0';
return (NULL);
+ }
if (S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode)) {
if (symlinks++ > MAXSYMLINKS) {
errno = ELOOP;