This patch prevents overwriting socket files by running two instances with the same name. Reported-by: Osier Yang <jyang@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/kvm/kvm.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm.c b/tools/kvm/kvm.c index 8d6b5e1..f700d78 100644 --- a/tools/kvm/kvm.c +++ b/tools/kvm/kvm.c @@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ static int kvm__create_socket(struct kvm *kvm) sprintf(full_name, "%s", kvm__get_dir()); mkdir(full_name, 0777); sprintf(full_name, "%s/%s.sock", kvm__get_dir(), kvm->name); + if (access(full_name, F_OK) == 0) + die("Socket file %s already exist", full_name); + s = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0); if (s < 0) return s; -- 1.7.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html