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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/file.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/file.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/file.c b/lib/file.c index cec1281bd1..3ded84913b 100644 --- a/lib/file.c +++ b/lib/file.c @@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ int _gnutls_file_exists(const char *file) { - FILE *fd; + FILE *fp; - fd = fopen(file, "r"); - if (fd == NULL) + fp = fopen(file, "re"); + if (fp == NULL) return -1; - fclose(fd); + fclose(fp); return 0; } @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ int _gnutls_file_exists(const char *file) * zero terminated but the terminating null is not included in length. * The returned data are allocated using gnutls_malloc(). * + * Note that this function is not designed for reading sensitive materials, + * such as private keys, on practical applications. When the reading fails + * in the middle, the partially loaded content might remain on memory. + * * Returns: On success, %GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise * an error code is returned. * @@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ int gnutls_load_file(const char *filename, gnutls_datum_t * data) { size_t len; - data->data = (void *) read_binary_file(filename, &len); + data->data = (void *) read_file(filename, RF_BINARY, &len); if (data->data == NULL) return GNUTLS_E_FILE_ERROR; |