File transfer protocol: use O_NOFOLLOW when opening regular files

2026-10-24 06:04:08 +00:00 · 2026-06-03 06:18:31 +05:30 · 2026-06-03 06:18:31 +05:30 · 4aa4a5c056
commit 4aa4a5c056
parent 9b89031a7f
2 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ Detailed list of changes

 - When watching for changed config files do not recursively watch all sub directories of the directory containing the config file (:iss:`10102`)

+- File transfer protocol: use O_NOFOLLOW when opening regular files
+

 0.47.1 [2026-05-28]
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--- a/kitty/file_transmission.py
+++ b/kitty/file_transmission.py
@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ class DestFile:
            if self.actual_file is None:
                self.make_parent_dirs()
                self.unlink_existing_if_needed()
-                flags = os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC | getattr(os, 'O_CLOEXEC', 0) | getattr(os, 'O_BINARY', 0)
+                flags = os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC | getattr(os, 'O_CLOEXEC', 0) | getattr(os, 'O_BINARY', 0) | getattr(os, 'O_NOFOLLOW', 0)
                self.actual_file = open(os.open(self.name, flags, self.permissions), mode='r+b', closefd=True)
            af = self.actual_file
            if decompressed or is_last: