Use lstat() instead of stat so /init being a symlink doesn't screw people up.

(And use it consistently, for size reasons.)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/switch_root.c b/util-linux/switch_root.c
index 1ba374076..e21838b65 100644
--- a/util-linux/switch_root.c
+++ b/util-linux/switch_root.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void delete_contents(char *directory)
         struct stat st;
 
         // Don't descend into other filesystems
-        if (stat(directory,&st) || st.st_dev != rootdev) return;
+        if (lstat(directory,&st) || st.st_dev != rootdev) return;
 
         // Recursively delete the contents of directories.
         if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int switch_root_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         newroot=argv[optind++];
 
-        if (chdir(newroot) || stat(".", &st1) || stat("/", &st2) ||
+        if (chdir(newroot) || lstat(".", &st1) || lstat("/", &st2) ||
                 st1.st_dev == st2.st_dev)
         {
                 bb_error_msg_and_die("bad newroot %s",newroot);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int switch_root_main(int argc, char *argv[])
         // we mean it.  (I could make this a CONFIG option, but I would get email
         // from all the people who WILL eat their filesystemss.)
 
-        if (stat("/init", &st1) || !S_ISREG(st1.st_mode) || statfs("/", &stfs) ||
+        if (lstat("/init", &st1) || !S_ISREG(st1.st_mode) || statfs("/", &stfs) ||
                 (stfs.f_type != RAMFS_MAGIC && stfs.f_type != TMPFS_MAGIC) ||
                 getpid() != 1)
         {