[PATCH v8 2/2] tools/bootconfig: fix fd leak in load_xbc_file() on fstat failure

Josh Law
2026-03-18T15:59:02Z

If fstat() fails after open() succeeds, the function returns without
closing the file descriptor. Also preserve errno across close(), since
close() may overwrite it before the error is returned.

Fixes: 950313ebf79c ("tools: bootconfig: Add bootconfig command")
Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
---
tools/bootconfig/main.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/main.c b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
index 55d59ed507d5..643f707b8f1d 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/main.c
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
@@ -162,8 +162,11 @@ static int load_xbc_file(const char *path, char **buf)
if (fd < 0)
return -errno;
ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
- if (ret < 0)
- return -errno;
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ ret = -errno;
+ close(fd);
+ return ret;
+ }

ret = load_xbc_fd(fd, buf, stat.st_size);

--
2.34.1