3 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c b/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c
index fb739c6406ae..0ee6d99ed8b9 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c
+++ b/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c
@@ -139,6 +139,20 @@ checkpath(const char *path, char *resolved)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+int
+checkpath_allow_file(const char *path, char *resolved)
+{
+	struct stat sb;
+
+	if (realpath(path, resolved) == NULL || stat(resolved, &sb) != 0)
+		return (1);
+	if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode) && !S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) {
+		errno = ENOTDIR;
+		return (1);
+	}
+	return (0);
+}
+
 void
 build_iovec(struct iovec **iov, int *iovlen, const char *name, void *val,
 	    size_t len)
diff --git a/sbin/mount/mntopts.h b/sbin/mount/mntopts.h
index 183d6d9e501d..1d8b80069355 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/mntopts.h
+++ b/sbin/mount/mntopts.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct mntopt {
 void getmntopts(const char *, const struct mntopt *, int *, int *);
 void rmslashes(char *, char *);
 int checkpath(const char *, char resolved_path[]);
+int checkpath_allow_file(const char *, char resolved_path[]);
 extern int getmnt_silent;
 void build_iovec(struct iovec **iov, int *iovlen, const char *name, void *val, size_t len);
 void build_iovec_argf(struct iovec **iov, int *iovlen, const char *name, const char *fmt, ...);
diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.c b/sbin/mount/mount.c
index 6c986907bcda..7ac5cd965a8f 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/mount.c
+++ b/sbin/mount/mount.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct statfs *getmntpt(const char *);
 int	hasopt(const char *, const char *);
 int	ismounted(struct fstab *, struct statfs *, int);
 int	isremountable(const char *);
+int	allow_file_mount(const char *);
 void	mangle(char *, struct cpa *);
 char   *update_options(char *, char *, int);
 int	mountfs(const char *, const char *, const char *,
@@ -503,6 +504,15 @@ isremountable(const char *vfsname)
 }
 
 int
+allow_file_mount(const char *vfsname)
+{
+
+	if (strcmp(vfsname, "nullfs") == 0)
+		return (1);
+	return (0);
+}
+
+int
 hasopt(const char *mntopts, const char *option)
 {
 	int negative, found;
@@ -548,9 +558,16 @@ mountfs(const char *vfstype, const char *spec, const char *name, int flags,
 	static struct cpa mnt_argv;
 
 	/* resolve the mountpoint with realpath(3) */
-	if (checkpath(name, mntpath) != 0) {
-		xo_warn("%s", mntpath);
-		return (1);
+	if (allow_file_mount(vfstype)) {
+		if (checkpath_allow_file(name, mntpath) != 0) {
+			xo_warn("%s", mntpath);
+			return (1);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (checkpath(name, mntpath) != 0) {
+			xo_warn("%s", mntpath);
+			return (1);
+		}
 	}
 	name = mntpath;