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-rw-r--r--tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
index a2cf2a66a3..0f8ba64499 100644
--- a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
+++ b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
@@ -523,8 +523,10 @@ static enum xs_perm_type ask_parents(struct connection *conn, const char *name)
} while (!streq(name, "/"));
/* No permission at root? We're in trouble. */
- if (!node)
+ if (!node) {
corrupt(conn, "No permissions file at root");
+ return XS_PERM_NONE;
+ }
return perm_for_conn(conn, node->perms, node->num_perms);
}