From 412b277077445e142c882c992ee97543a228edf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SAI KISHAN A <222060771+kishansaaai@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 23:55:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] utils: fix ensure_file() to use lstat() instead of stat()

stat() follows symlinks, making the S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode) check
permanently dead code. Switch to lstat() so symlinks are correctly
detected and rejected as bind-mount destinations.

Fixes #733

Signed-off-by: SAI KISHAN A <222060771+kishansaaai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 utils.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 55a7f5b1..632ff6e3 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ ensure_file (const char *path,
      it and look at the target: again, any non-directory is good enough.
      We'll only get S_ISLNK if the path is a dangling symlink (target
      doesn't exist). */
-  if (stat (path, &buf) ==  0 &&
+  if (lstat (path, &buf) ==  0 &&
       !S_ISDIR (buf.st_mode) &&
       !S_ISLNK (buf.st_mode))
     return 0;