From b6e698b376dd5754f7855fb8666644dd2b7b5739 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:10:37 +0100
Subject: Linux/macOS: check if volume doesn't exist before starting the mount
 operation.

---
 src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp')

diff --git a/src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp b/src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp
index 1cb62671..b8098e95 100644
--- a/src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/GraphicUserInterface.cpp
@@ -826,6 +826,19 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 			return volume;
 		}
 
+
+		// check if the volume path exists using stat function. Only ENOENT error is handled to exclude permission denied error
+		struct stat statBuf;
+		if (stat (string (*options.Path).c_str(), &statBuf) != 0)
+		{
+			if (errno == ENOENT)
+			{
+				SystemException ex (SRC_POS);
+				ShowError (ex);
+				return volume;
+			}
+		}
+
 		try
 		{
 			if ((!options.Password || options.Password->IsEmpty())
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