exec plugin: Close all file descriptors but the one connected to the pipe.

diff --git a/src/exec.c b/src/exec.c
index 0ab259dcbb277031a4a4b26d9ed225fa46e85ed3..52dd831db7f4f773b18e495f74836ed88d06c24b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/exec.c
+++ b/src/exec.c
@@ -264,7 +264,17 @@ static int fork_child (program_list_t *pl)
   }
   else if (pl->pid == 0)
   {
-    close (fd_pipe[0]);
+    int fd_num;
+    int fd;
+
+    /* Close all file descriptors but the pipe end we need. */
+    fd_num = getdtablesize ();
+    for (fd = 0; fd < fd_num; fd++)
+    {
+      if (fd == fd_pipe[1])
+       continue;
+      close (fd);
+    }
 
     /* Connect the pipe to STDOUT and STDERR */
     if (fd_pipe[1] != STDOUT_FILENO)