1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index f72175afb..fc6de4b69 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -639,11 +639,28 @@ static void load_regexes_from_file(llist_t *fopt)
 }
 
 static int FAST_FUNC file_action_grep(const char *filename,
-                        struct stat *statbuf UNUSED_PARAM,
+                        struct stat *statbuf,
                         void* matched,
                         int depth UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
-        FILE *file = fopen_for_read(filename);
+        FILE *file;
+
+        /* If we are given a link to a directory, we should bail out now, rather
+         * than trying to open the "file" and hoping getline gives us nothing,
+         * since that is not portable across operating systems (FreeBSD for
+         * example will return the raw directory contents). */
+        if (S_ISLNK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
+                struct stat sb;
+                if (stat(filename, &sb) != 0) {
+                        if (!SUPPRESS_ERR_MSGS)
+                                bb_simple_perror_msg(filename);
+                        return 0;
+                }
+                if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode))
+                        return 1;
+        }
+
+        file = fopen_for_read(filename);
         if (file == NULL) {
                 if (!SUPPRESS_ERR_MSGS)
                         bb_simple_perror_msg(filename);