1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c b/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
index 91e8b9b7f1..9097d15c98 100644
--- a/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
+++ b/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
@@ -739,7 +739,12 @@ static int proxy_socket(const char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    g_assert(strlen(path) < sizeof(proxy.sun_path));
+    if (strlen(path) >= sizeof(proxy.sun_path)) {
+        do_log(LOG_CRIT, "UNIX domain socket path exceeds %zu characters\n",
+               sizeof(proxy.sun_path));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (sock < 0) {
         do_perror("socket");