+bool path_is_safe(const char *p) {
+
+ if (isempty(p))
+ return false;
+
+ if (streq(p, "..") || startswith(p, "../") || endswith(p, "/..") || strstr(p, "/../"))
+ return false;
+
+ if (strlen(p) > PATH_MAX)
+ return false;
+
+ /* The following two checks are not really dangerous, but hey, they still are confusing */
+ if (streq(p, ".") || startswith(p, "./") || endswith(p, "/.") || strstr(p, "/./"))
+ return false;
+
+ if (strstr(p, "//"))
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+