1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/find_mount_point.c b/libbb/find_mount_point.c
index 94bbf1d4a..0e1be3820 100644
--- a/libbb/find_mount_point.c
+++ b/libbb/find_mount_point.c
@@ -56,11 +56,22 @@ struct mntent* FAST_FUNC find_mount_point(const char *name, int subdir_too)
                         continue;
 
                 /* Is device's dev_t == name's dev_t? */
-                if (stat(mountEntry->mnt_fsname, &s) == 0 && s.st_rdev == devno_of_name)
+                if (mountEntry->mnt_fsname[0] == '/'
+                /* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+                 * avoid stat'ing "sysfs", "proc", "none" and such,
+                 * useless at best, can stat unrelated files at worst.
+                 */
+                 && stat(mountEntry->mnt_fsname, &s) == 0
+                 && s.st_rdev == devno_of_name
+                ) {
                         break;
+                }
                 /* Match the directory's mount point. */
-                if (stat(mountEntry->mnt_dir, &s) == 0 && s.st_dev == devno_of_name)
+                if (stat(mountEntry->mnt_dir, &s) == 0
+                 && s.st_dev == devno_of_name
+                ) {
                         break;
+                }
         }
         endmntent(mtab_fp);