2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/bsd/tunDevice.cpp b/src/bsd/tunDevice.cpp
index 421c1d5..3bbba35 100644
--- a/src/bsd/tunDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/bsd/tunDevice.cpp
@@ -124,13 +124,17 @@ void TunDevice::init_post()
   
   struct tuninfo ti;  
 
-  if (ioctl(fd_, TUNGIFINFO, &ti) < 0)
+  if (ioctl(fd_, TUNGIFINFO, &ti) < 0) {
+    ::close(fd_);
     throw std::runtime_error("can't enable multicast for interface");
+  }
   
   ti.flags |= IFF_MULTICAST;
   
-  if (ioctl(fd_, TUNSIFINFO, &ti) < 0)
+  if (ioctl(fd_, TUNSIFINFO, &ti) < 0) {
+    ::close(fd_);
     throw std::runtime_error("can't enable multicast for interface");
+  }
 }
 
 #elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__FreeBSD__)
diff --git a/src/linux/tunDevice.cpp b/src/linux/tunDevice.cpp
index 2c0618a..dba22e5 100644
--- a/src/linux/tunDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/linux/tunDevice.cpp
@@ -48,13 +48,6 @@
 
 TunDevice::TunDevice(std::string dev_name, std::string dev_type, std::string ifcfg_lp, std::string ifcfg_rnmp) : conf_(dev_name, dev_type, ifcfg_lp, ifcfg_rnmp, 1400)
 {
-	fd_ = ::open(DEFAULT_DEVICE, O_RDWR);
-	if(fd_ < 0) {
-    std::stringstream msg;
-    msg << "can't open device file (" << DEFAULT_DEVICE  << "): " << LogErrno(errno);
-    throw std::runtime_error(msg.str());
-  }
-
 	struct ifreq ifr;
 	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
 
@@ -72,11 +65,19 @@ TunDevice::TunDevice(std::string dev_name, std::string dev_type, std::string ifc
 	if(dev_name != "")
 		strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, dev_name.c_str(), IFNAMSIZ);
 
+	fd_ = ::open(DEFAULT_DEVICE, O_RDWR);
+	if(fd_ < 0) {
+    std::stringstream msg;
+    msg << "can't open device file (" << DEFAULT_DEVICE  << "): " << LogErrno(errno);
+    throw std::runtime_error(msg.str());
+  }
+
 	if(!ioctl(fd_, TUNSETIFF, &ifr)) {
 		actual_name_ = ifr.ifr_name;
 	} else if(!ioctl(fd_, (('T' << 8) | 202), &ifr)) {
 		actual_name_ = ifr.ifr_name;
 	} else {
+    ::close(fd_);
     std::stringstream msg;
     msg << "tun/tap device ioctl failed: " << LogErrno(errno);
     throw std::runtime_error(msg.str());