1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
index 384051745c5e..c800ea4c8bf9 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static void kvp_update_file(int pool)
          */
         kvp_acquire_lock(pool);
 
-        filep = fopen(kvp_file_info[pool].fname, "w");
+        filep = fopen(kvp_file_info[pool].fname, "we");
         if (!filep) {
                 kvp_release_lock(pool);
                 syslog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to open file, pool: %d", pool);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void kvp_update_mem_state(int pool)
 
         kvp_acquire_lock(pool);
 
-        filep = fopen(kvp_file_info[pool].fname, "r");
+        filep = fopen(kvp_file_info[pool].fname, "re");
         if (!filep) {
                 kvp_release_lock(pool);
                 syslog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to open file, pool: %d", pool);
@@ -246,13 +246,13 @@ static int kvp_file_init(void)
                 records_read = 0;
                 num_blocks = 1;
                 sprintf(fname, "%s/.kvp_pool_%d", KVP_CONFIG_LOC, i);
-                fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644 /* rw-r--r-- */);
+                fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0644 /* rw-r--r-- */);
 
                 if (fd == -1)
                         return 1;
 
 
-                filep = fopen(fname, "r");
+                filep = fopen(fname, "re");
                 if (!filep)
                         return 1;