Improve opening of authentication file1.6.8

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/authfile.c b/authfile.c
index f8935af..5f001d1 100644
--- a/authfile.c
+++ b/authfile.c
@@ -33,23 +33,16 @@ enum authfile_ret authfile_load(const char *file) {
     char *auth_data = NULL;
     auth_t auth_entries[MAX_ENTRIES];
 
-    if (stat(file, &sb) == -1) {
-        return AUTHFILE_MISSING;
-    }
-
-    auth_data = calloc(1, sb.st_size);
-
-    if (auth_data == NULL) {
-        return AUTHFILE_OOM;
-    }
-
     FILE *pwfile = fopen(file, "r");
     if (pwfile == NULL) {
-        // not strictly necessary but to be safe.
-        free(auth_data);
         return AUTHFILE_OPENFAIL;
+    } else if (fstat(fileno(pwfile), &sb)) {
+        fclose(pwfile);
+        return AUTHFILE_STATFAIL;
     }
 
+    auth_data = calloc(1, sb.st_size);
+
     char *auth_cur = auth_data;
     auth_t *entry_cur = auth_entries;
     int used = 0;