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-rw-r--r--lib/file.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/file.c b/lib/file.c
index d349cd924..166931d7f 100644
--- a/lib/file.c
+++ b/lib/file.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static CURLcode file_connect(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
struct Curl_easy *data = conn->data;
char *real_path;
struct FILEPROTO *file = data->req.protop;
- int fd;
+ int fd = -1;
#ifdef DOS_FILESYSTEM
size_t i;
char *actual_path;
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ static CURLcode file_connect(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
return CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT;
}
- fd = open_readonly(actual_path, O_RDONLY|O_BINARY);
+ if(strncmp("\\\\", actual_path, 2))
+ /* refuse to open path that starts with two backslashes */
+ fd = open_readonly(actual_path, O_RDONLY|O_BINARY);
file->path = actual_path;
#else
if(memchr(real_path, 0, real_path_len)) {