commit 7677b8ad51c5bbcae9dd08afb08d32e242d497ce
Author: James Turner <james@calminferno.net>
Date:   Fri May 3 17:19:38 2013 -0400

--- src/edit.c.orig	Fri May  3 22:19:53 2013
+++ src/edit.c	Fri May  3 22:23:49 2013
@@ -1222,23 +1222,30 @@ int settab (char str[])
 }
 
 
-/* serc_safe --- check if the file permissions and ownership are safe */
+/* serc_safe_open --- open and check if the file permissions and ownership are safe */
 
 /*
  * err on the side of caution and only exec ~/.serc and ./serc files
  * that we own and cannot be written by others.
  */
 
-int serc_safe (char *path)
+FILE *serc_safe_open (char *path)
 {
+	FILE *fp;
 	int rc;
 	uid_t our_euid;
 	struct stat sbuf;
 
-	rc = stat (path, &sbuf);
+	if ((fp = fopen (path, "r")) == NULL)
+	{
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	rc = fstat (fileno(fp), &sbuf);
 	if (rc != 0)
 	{
-		return NO;
+		fclose(fp);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	our_euid = geteuid ();
@@ -1246,16 +1253,18 @@ int serc_safe (char *path)
 	/* don't exec .serc files that aren't ours */
 	if (sbuf.st_uid != our_euid)
 	{
-		return NO;
+		fclose(fp);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* don't .serc files that others can write to */
 	if ((sbuf.st_mode & S_IWGRP) || (sbuf.st_mode & S_IWOTH))
 	{
-		return NO;
+		fclose(fp);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return YES;
+	return fp;
 }
 
 
@@ -1285,8 +1294,7 @@ void serc (void)
 
 	for (i = 0; serc_files[i]; i++)
 	{
-		if ((serc_safe (serc_files[i]) == YES) &&
-			 ((fp = fopen (serc_files[i], "r")) != NULL))
+		if ((fp = serc_safe_open (serc_files[i])) != NULL)
 		{
 			break;
 		}
