1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index ec490b74d..997ee3c67 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -220,8 +220,16 @@ static int FAST_FUNC config_file_action(const char *filename,
        parser_t *p;
        struct module_entry *m;
        int rc = TRUE;
+        const char *base, *ext;
-        if (bb_basename(filename)[0] == '.')
+        /* Skip files that begin with a ".". */
+        base = bb_basename(filename);
+        if (base[0] == '.')
+                goto error;
+        /* Skip files that do not end with a ".conf". */
+        ext = strrchr(base, '.');
+        if (ext == NULL || strcmp(ext + 1, "conf"))
                goto error;
        p = config_open2(filename, fopen_for_read);