git: 9b8c2bffeba9 - main - fts: fix file descriptor leak in fts_close

From: Alan Somers <asomers_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:12:06 UTC
The branch main has been updated by asomers:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9b8c2bffeba9861c3f5bda0e5a08943e5ed4853f

commit 9b8c2bffeba9861c3f5bda0e5a08943e5ed4853f
Author:     Jitendra Bhati <bhatijitendra2022@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: 2026-08-15 16:06:39 +0000
Commit:     Alan Somers <asomers@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-08-17 20:06:57 +0000

    fts: fix file descriptor leak in fts_close
    
    fts_build() stores a dup'd file descriptor in each directory
    entry's fts_dirfd.  When a traversal is abandoned before
    completion and fts_close() is called, the cleanup loop freed
    each pending entry with free() without first closing its
    fts_dirfd, leaking one descriptor per pending directory.
    
    Close fts_dirfd before freeing each entry in the cleanup loop,
    matching the handling already applied to the dummy parent entry
    after the loop.
    
    Add a regression test that descends a couple of levels, abandons
    the traversal, closes, and asserts the open descriptor count is
    unchanged.
    
    PR:             297557
    Reported by:    asomers
    Fixes:          4bd01d6ae016
    Sponsored by:   Google LLC (GSoC 2026)
    Reviewed by:    asomers
    Pull Request:   https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/2373
---
 lib/libc/gen/fts.c                 |  2 ++
 lib/libc/tests/gen/fts_misc_test.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/fts.c b/lib/libc/gen/fts.c
index 96741dab8beb..66c5f62d9a8f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/fts.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/fts.c
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ fts_close(FTS *sp)
 		for (p = sp->fts_cur; p->fts_level >= FTS_ROOTLEVEL;) {
 			freep = p;
 			p = p->fts_link != NULL ? p->fts_link : p->fts_parent;
+			if (freep->fts_dirfd >= 0)
+				(void)_close(freep->fts_dirfd);
 			free(freep);
 		}
 		if (p->fts_dirfd >= 0)
diff --git a/lib/libc/tests/gen/fts_misc_test.c b/lib/libc/tests/gen/fts_misc_test.c
index 95593e26095c..6f035a21e173 100644
--- a/lib/libc/tests/gen/fts_misc_test.c
+++ b/lib/libc/tests/gen/fts_misc_test.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/syslimits.h>
@@ -576,6 +577,70 @@ ATF_TC_CLEANUP(xdev, tc)
 	(void)unmount("dir/mnt", 0);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return the number of open file descriptors in the current process
+ * via the kern.proc.nfds sysctl.
+ */
+static int
+count_open_fds(void)
+{
+	int mib[4] = { CTL_KERN, KERN_PROC, KERN_PROC_NFDS, 0 };
+	int nfds;
+	size_t len = sizeof(nfds);
+
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ_MSG(0,
+	    sysctl(mib, nitems(mib), &nfds, &len, NULL, 0),
+	    "sysctl(kern.proc.nfds): %m");
+	return (nfds);
+}
+
+ATF_TC(no_fd_leak_on_early_close);
+ATF_TC_HEAD(no_fd_leak_on_early_close, tc)
+{
+	atf_tc_set_md_var(tc, "descr",
+	    "fts_close must not leak directory fds when the traversal "
+	    "is abandoned before completion");
+}
+
+ATF_TC_BODY(no_fd_leak_on_early_close, tc)
+{
+	char *paths[] = { ".", NULL };
+	FTS *fts;
+	int fds_before, fds_after;
+
+	/*
+	 * Regression test for a file descriptor leak (bug 297557).
+	 * fts_build() stores a dup'd fd in each directory entry's
+	 * fts_dirfd.  If the traversal is abandoned partway through
+	 * and fts_close() is called, the cleanup loop must close
+	 * those fds; previously it freed the entries without closing
+	 * fts_dirfd, leaking one fd per pending directory.
+	 */
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(0, mkdir("sub1", 0755));
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(0, mkdir("sub1/deep", 0755));
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(0, close(creat("sub1/deep/file", 0644)));
+
+	fds_before = count_open_fds();
+
+	/*
+	 * Open, descend a couple of levels, then abandon the traversal
+	 * and close.  The directory entries for '.' and 'sub1' hold
+	 * dup'd fds that must be released by fts_close().
+	 */
+	ATF_REQUIRE((fts = fts_open(paths, FTS_PHYSICAL, NULL)) != NULL);
+	ATF_REQUIRE(fts_read(fts) != NULL);	/* . */
+	ATF_REQUIRE(fts_read(fts) != NULL);	/* sub1 */
+	ATF_REQUIRE(fts_read(fts) != NULL);	/* deep */
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ_MSG(0, fts_close(fts), "fts_close(): %m");
+
+	fds_after = count_open_fds();
+
+	ATF_CHECK_EQ_MSG(fds_before, fds_after,
+	    "fts_close leaked file descriptors: %d open before, "
+	    "%d after", fds_before, fds_after);
+}
+
+
 ATF_TP_ADD_TCS(tp)
 {
 	fts_check_debug();
@@ -592,6 +657,7 @@ ATF_TP_ADD_TCS(tp)
 	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, nochdir_empty_terminal_dir);
 	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, ns_errno_set);
 	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, xdev);
+	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, no_fd_leak_on_early_close);
 
 	return (atf_no_error());
 }