--- /dev/null
+diff -urpN busybox-1.15.0/networking/inetd.c busybox-1.15.0-inetd/networking/inetd.c
+--- busybox-1.15.0/networking/inetd.c 2009-08-21 00:26:14.000000000 +0200
++++ busybox-1.15.0-inetd/networking/inetd.c 2009-09-04 03:50:03.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1031,10 +1031,10 @@ static void reap_child(int sig UNUSED_PA
+ continue;
+ /* One of our "wait" services */
+ if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status))
+- bb_error_msg("%s: exit status 0x%x",
++ bb_error_msg("%s: exit status %u",
+ sep->se_program, WEXITSTATUS(status));
+ else if (WIFSIGNALED(status))
+- bb_error_msg("%s: exit signal 0x%x",
++ bb_error_msg("%s: exit signal %u",
+ sep->se_program, WTERMSIG(status));
+ sep->se_wait = 1;
+ add_fd_to_set(sep->se_fd);
+@@ -1119,7 +1119,12 @@ int inetd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, ch
+ else
+ bb_sanitize_stdio();
+ if (!(opt & 4)) {
+- openlog(applet_name, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
++ /* LOG_NDELAY: connect to syslog daemon NOW.
++ * Otherwise, we may open syslog socket
++ * in vforked child, making opened fds and syslog()
++ * internal state inconsistent.
++ * This was observed to leak file descriptors. */
++ openlog(applet_name, LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
+ logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
+ }
+
+@@ -1355,17 +1360,23 @@ int inetd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, ch
+ if (rlim_ofile.rlim_cur != rlim_ofile_cur)
+ if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim_ofile) < 0)
+ bb_perror_msg("setrlimit");
+- closelog();
++
++ /* closelog(); - WRONG. we are after vfork,
++ * this may confuse syslog() internal state.
++ * Let's hope libc sets syslog fd to CLOEXEC...
++ */
+ xmove_fd(ctrl, STDIN_FILENO);
+ xdup2(STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO);
+ /* manpages of inetd I managed to find either say
+ * that stderr is also redirected to the network,
+ * or do not talk about redirection at all (!) */
+- xdup2(STDIN_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO);
+- /* NB: among others, this loop closes listening socket
++ if (!sep->se_wait) /* only for usual "tcp nowait" */
++ xdup2(STDIN_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO);
++ /* NB: among others, this loop closes listening sockets
+ * for nowait stream children */
+ for (sep2 = serv_list; sep2; sep2 = sep2->se_next)
+- maybe_close(sep2->se_fd);
++ if (sep2->se_fd != ctrl)
++ maybe_close(sep2->se_fd);
+ sigaction_set(SIGPIPE, &saved_pipe_handler);
+ restore_sigmask(&omask);
+ BB_EXECVP(sep->se_program, sep->se_argv);