1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/dns/gnunet-helper-dns.c b/src/dns/gnunet-helper-dns.c
index 73536c252..22c6ef359 100644
--- a/src/dns/gnunet-helper-dns.c
+++ b/src/dns/gnunet-helper-dns.c
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ fork_and_exec (const char *file,
   if (0 == pid)
   {
     /* we are the child process */
+    /* close stdin/stdout to not cause interference
+       with the helper's main protocol! */
+    (void) close (0); 
+    (void) close (1); 
     (void) execv (file, cmd);
     /* can only get here on error */
     fprintf (stderr,