diff --git a/kernel/hal/hal.h b/kernel/hal/hal.h
index dd74a89..9d7703d 100644
--- a/kernel/hal/hal.h
+++ b/kernel/hal/hal.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ size_t hal_strcspn(const char *s, const char *reject);
 size_t hal_strspn(const char *s, const char *accept);
 char *hal_strcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
 char *hal_strchr(const char *s, int c);
+char *hal_strstr(const char *str, const char *substring);
 void hal_wait(uint32_t ms);
 int32_t hal_randnum(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/hal/util.c b/kernel/hal/util.c
index 33f5696..d069310 100644
--- a/kernel/hal/util.c
+++ b/kernel/hal/util.c
@@ -109,3 +109,34 @@ char *hal_strchr(const char *s, int c) {
     }
     return NULL;
 }
+
+char *hal_strstr(const char *str, const char *substring)
+{
+    const char *a;
+    const char *b;
+
+    b = substring;
+
+    if (*b == 0) {
+        return (char *) str;
+    }
+
+    for ( ; *str != 0; str += 1) {
+        if (*str != *b) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        a = str;
+        while (1) {
+            if (*b == 0) {
+                return (char *) str;
+            }
+            if (*a++ != *b++) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        b = substring;
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/path/path.c b/kernel/path/path.c
index 4bb2717..973f9f2 100644
--- a/kernel/path/path.c
+++ b/kernel/path/path.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "path.h"
+#include "hal/hal.h"
 
 void path_parse(const char *in, char *mp, char *path) {
   if (in == 0 || *in == 0) {
@@ -37,5 +38,18 @@ void path_parse(const char *in, char *mp, char *path) {
   } else {
     path[j] = 0;
   }
+
+  if (path[0] != '/') {
+    mp[0] = 0;
+    path[0] = 0;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (hal_strstr(path, "/../") || hal_strstr(path, "/./")
+   || hal_strcmp(path, "..") == 0 || hal_strcmp(path, ".") == 0) {
+    mp[0] = 0;
+    path[0] = 0;
+    return;
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/ulib/fs/path.c b/ulib/fs/path.c
index 44251c8..f3d8d83 100644
--- a/ulib/fs/path.c
+++ b/ulib/fs/path.c
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ void path_parse(const char *in, char *mp, char *path) {
   } else {
     path[j] = 0;
   }
+  
+  if (path[0] != '/') {
+    mp[0] = 0;
+    path[0] = 0;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (string_strstr(path, "/../") || string_strstr(path, "/./")
+   || string_strcmp(path, "..") == 0 || string_strcmp(path, ".") == 0) {
+    mp[0] = 0;
+    path[0] = 0;
+    return;
+  }
 }
 
 const char *path_basename(const char *path) {
diff --git a/ulib/string/string.c b/ulib/string/string.c
index e88385a..265a7f2 100644
--- a/ulib/string/string.c
+++ b/ulib/string/string.c
@@ -282,3 +282,34 @@ void * string_memmove(void* dest, const void* src, unsigned int n)
     }
     return dest;
 }
+
+char *string_strstr(const char *str, const char *substring)
+{
+    const char *a;
+    const char *b;
+
+    b = substring;
+
+    if (*b == 0) {
+        return (char *) str;
+    }
+
+    for ( ; *str != 0; str += 1) {
+        if (*str != *b) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        a = str;
+        while (1) {
+            if (*b == 0) {
+                return (char *) str;
+            }
+            if (*a++ != *b++) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        b = substring;
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/ulib/string/string.h b/ulib/string/string.h
index daee531..eb06f18 100644
--- a/ulib/string/string.h
+++ b/ulib/string/string.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ char *string_tokenizealloc(char *s, char *delim);
 char *string_tokenizealloc_linecontinue(char *s, char *delim);
 char *string_combine(char *dest, const char *src);
 void * string_memmove(void* dest, const void* src, unsigned int n);
+char *string_strstr(const char *str, const char *substring);
 
 #endif