From e1b7f254a63a00b1b33a8842ca6280b183df8eb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sanpi <sanpi@homecomputing.fr>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 10:39:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ls: fix panic when file removed too quickly

Fixes #5371
---
 src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 301aefaf3..c80d4cbe6 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -2888,7 +2888,11 @@ fn classify_file(path: &PathData, out: &mut BufWriter<Stdout>) -> Option<char> {
                 Some('=')
             } else if file_type.is_fifo() {
                 Some('|')
-            } else if file_type.is_file() && file_is_executable(path.md(out).as_ref().unwrap()) {
+            } else if file_type.is_file()
+                // Safe unwrapping if the file was removed between listing and display
+                // See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/5371
+                && path.md(out).map(file_is_executable).unwrap_or_default()
+            {
                 Some('*')
             } else {
                 None