From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:52:25 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Revert "conf: reject absolute include paths containing /../"
X-Git-Url: https://git.alsa-project.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=91c7927e3cd71119632b63f6454a0d284599740a;p=alsa-lib.git

Revert "conf: reject absolute include paths containing /../"

This reverts commit f5377bbb572d88d9a59eee8ae26bff30d5a2ebb3.

This is just a cosmetic change which does not resolve any
security issue.

Link: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/pull/527
Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
---

diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index 1469c7ed..a27e6786 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -643,11 +643,8 @@ static int input_stdio_open(snd_input_t **inputp, const char *file,
 	char full_path[PATH_MAX];
 	int err;
 
-	if (file[0] == '/') {
-		if (strstr(file, "/../"))
-			return -ENOENT;
+	if (file[0] == '/')
 		return snd_input_stdio_open(inputp, file, "r");
-	}
 
 	/* search file in user specified include paths. These directories
 	 * are subdirectories of /usr/share/alsa.