Add the default O_CLOEXEC flag for device file descriptors. This is
generally considered a safer option as it allows the user a race free
option to decide whether file descriptors are inherited across exec,
with the default avoiding file descriptor leaks.
Reported-by: Yann Droneaud <ydrone...@opteya.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.william...@redhat.com>
---
drivers/vfio/vfio.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
index 75c16cc..1eab4ac 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static int vfio_group_get_device_fd(struct vfio_group
*group, char *buf)
* We can't use anon_inode_getfd() because we need to modify
* the f_mode flags directly to allow more than just ioctls
*/
- ret = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
+ ret = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
if (ret < 0) {
device->ops->release(device->device_data);
break;
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