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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/generic/xmknod.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/xmknod.c b/sysdeps/generic/xmknod.c
index 57ed46060d..c2daa46e07 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/xmknod.c
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/xmknod.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991,1993,1995,1996,1997,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991,1993,1995-1997,2002,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ __xmknod (int vers, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t *dev)
       return -1;
     }
 
+  if (path == NULL)
+    {
+      __set_errno (EINVAL);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
   __set_errno (ENOSYS);
   return -1;
 }