From 12dbc8892027feceec2576c2e5dd03b30a1da2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Morgner <felix.morgner@ost.ch>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:31:52 +0200
Subject: kernel/vfs: add early check

---
 kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'kernel')

diff --git a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp
index aa462eae..e0e79094 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/filesystem/vfs.cpp
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ namespace kernel::filesystem
       auto part = path_parts_vector.back();
       path_parts_vector.pop_back();
 
+      if (!current_dentry->get_inode()->is_directory())
+      {
+        return std::unexpected{vfs_errc::not_a_directory};
+      }
+
       if (part == ".")
       {
         continue;
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