improve some error messages

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_home.c b/src/firejail/fs_home.c
index 47261d7c1..10232fa6e 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_home.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_home.c
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ static char *check_dir_or_file(const char *name) {
         // we allow only files in user home directory or symbolic links to files or directories owned by the user
         struct stat s;
         if (lstat(fname, &s) == 0 && S_ISLNK(s.st_mode)) {
+                if (strncmp(fname, cfg.homedir, strlen(cfg.homedir)) != 0 || fname[strlen(cfg.homedir)] != '/')
+                        goto errexit;
                 if (stat(fname, &s) == 0) {
                         if (s.st_uid != getuid()) {
                                 fprintf(stderr, "Error: symbolic link %s to file or directory not owned by the user\n", fname);