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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 9934fa4fe..88add9a10 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -3535,8 +3535,18 @@ symlink_info::check (char *path, const suffix_info *suffixes, unsigned opt)
debug_printf ("%p = NtQueryAttributesFile (%S)", status, &upath);
fileattr = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
- /* One of the inner path components is invalid. Bail out. */
- if (status == STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
+ /* One of the inner path components is invalid, or the path contains
+ invalid characters. Bail out with ENOENT.
+
+ Note that additional STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_INVALID and
+ STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_SYNTAX_BAD status codes exist. The first one
+ is seemingly not generated by NtQueryAttributesFile, the latter
+ is only generated if the path is no absolute path within the
+ NT name space, which should not happen and would point to an
+ error in get_nt_native_path. Both status codes are deliberately
+ not tested here unless proved necessary. */
+ if (status == STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND
+ || status == STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID)
{
set_error (ENOENT);
break;