The qcrypto_tls_creds_get_path method will perform an access() check on the file and return a NULL path if it fails. By the time we get to loading the cert files we know they must exist on disk and thus the second access() check is redundant. Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> --- crypto/tlscredsx509.c | 22 ++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/tlscredsx509.c b/crypto/tlscredsx509.c index 75c70af522..0acb17b6ec 100644 --- a/crypto/tlscredsx509.c +++ b/crypto/tlscredsx509.c @@ -496,8 +496,7 @@ qcrypto_tls_creds_x509_sanity_check(QCryptoTLSCredsX509 *creds, size_t i; int ret = -1; - if (certFile && - access(certFile, R_OK) == 0) { + if (certFile) { if (qcrypto_tls_creds_load_cert_list(creds, certFile, &certs, @@ -508,16 +507,15 @@ qcrypto_tls_creds_x509_sanity_check(QCryptoTLSCredsX509 *creds, goto cleanup; } } - if (access(cacertFile, R_OK) == 0) { - if (qcrypto_tls_creds_load_cert_list(creds, - cacertFile, - &cacerts, - &ncacerts, - isServer, - true, - errp) < 0) { - goto cleanup; - } + + if (qcrypto_tls_creds_load_cert_list(creds, + cacertFile, + &cacerts, + &ncacerts, + isServer, + true, + errp) < 0) { + goto cleanup; } for (i = 0; i < ncerts; i++) { -- 2.51.1