diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-loader-add-check-for-unknown-file-type.patch b/SOURCES/0001-loader-add-check-for-unknown-file-type.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75e6936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-loader-add-check-for-unknown-file-type.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From d3b1587f7b77b630bae8ab3f4760eda69bd7fe66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 17:36:09 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] loader: add check for unknown file type
+
+So we can provide a meaningful error message in case the provided path
+is not accessible to running process.
+
+e.g: running HOME=/root osinfo-query os we would get
+  `Error loading OS data: Unexpected file type`
+and now we get
+  `Error loading OS data: Can't read path /root/.config/osinfo`
+
+This error was first hit with v2v [0] that was leaking $USER and $HOME
+of root user when osinfo-query as vsdm user with `sudo -c vdsm`. The
+example above is a simple way to show lack of permision of
+osinfo-query to read the root's $HOME.
+
+[0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901423
+
+Related: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902720
+Signed-off-by: Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com>
+---
+ osinfo/osinfo_loader.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c b/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
+index 3f04fa5..96ca6ee 100644
+--- a/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
++++ b/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
+@@ -2374,6 +2374,11 @@ static void osinfo_loader_find_files(OsinfoLoader *loader,
+         }
+         g_object_unref(ents);
+         g_list_free(children);
++    } else if (type == G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
++        g_autofree gchar *path = g_file_get_path(file);
++        g_autofree gchar *msg = g_strdup_printf("Can't read path %s", path);
++        OSINFO_LOADER_SET_ERROR(&error, msg);
++        g_propagate_error(err, error);
+     } else {
+         OSINFO_LOADER_SET_ERROR(&error, "Unexpected file type");
+         g_propagate_error(err, error);
+-- 
+2.33.1
+
diff --git a/SOURCES/0002-loader-work-around-lstat-EACCES-regression-in-_g_loc.patch b/SOURCES/0002-loader-work-around-lstat-EACCES-regression-in-_g_loc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a53b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0002-loader-work-around-lstat-EACCES-regression-in-_g_loc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+From e5bdc6759195dbcfc4e7dcb02bf59190a3debe06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 13:14:54 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] loader: work around lstat()/EACCES regression in
+ _g_local_file_info_get()
+
+In glib commit 71e7b5800a31 ("Handle MLS selinux policy better",
+2010-07-08), which was made for
+<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=623692>, an lstat() failure
+with error code EACCES was *masked* in function _g_local_file_info_get().
+
+Consequently, if osinfo_loader_find_files() calls g_file_query_info() on a
+file that is inaccessible due to (e.g.) a missing "x" (search) permission
+on a leading directory, then g_file_query_info() succeeds, our
+"skipMissing" branch is dead, g_file_info_get_attribute_uint32() is
+reached, and it returns G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN.
+
+As a consequence, the outer osinfo_loader_process_default_path() function
+can fail, even though it passes skipMissing=TRUE to
+osinfo_loader_process_list(). Example:
+
+> $ HOME=/root \
+>   OSINFO_SYSTEM_DIR=/usr/share/osinfo \
+>   build/tools/osinfo-query os
+> Error loading OS data: Can't read path /root/.config/osinfo
+
+Arguably, this situation should be handled by simply skipping the
+inaccessible path, as if all leading directories could be searched, and
+only the last pathname compontent (the filename entry) didn't exist in its
+direct parent directory.
+
+The glib regression was reported in 2017:
+
+  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777187
+
+and then migrated to gitlab:
+
+  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/1237
+
+but it's still not solved today.
+
+Work around the issue by honoring "skipMissing" on the G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN
+branch. Demonstration:
+
+> $ HOME=/root \
+>   OSINFO_SYSTEM_DIR=/usr/share/osinfo \
+>   build/tools/osinfo-query os
+>
+> ** (osinfo-query:9924): WARNING **: 13:23:12.776: Can't read path /root/.config/osinfo
+>  Short ID       | Name             | Version | ID
+> ----------------+------------------+---------+----------------------------------------
+>  alpinelinux3.5 | Alpine Linux 3.5 | 3.5     | http://alpinelinux.org/alpinelinux/3.5
+> ...
+
+Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051559
+Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
+---
+ osinfo/osinfo_loader.c |  15 ++++++
+ tests/test-loader.c    | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 120 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c b/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
+index 96ca6ee..e244b3f 100644
+--- a/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
++++ b/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
+@@ -2377,6 +2377,21 @@ static void osinfo_loader_find_files(OsinfoLoader *loader,
+     } else if (type == G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
+         g_autofree gchar *path = g_file_get_path(file);
+         g_autofree gchar *msg = g_strdup_printf("Can't read path %s", path);
++        if (skipMissing) {
++            /* This is a work-around for
++             * <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/1237>. If the
++             * lstat() call underlying our g_file_query_info() call at the top
++             * of this function fails for "path" with EACCES, then
++             * g_file_query_info() should fail, and the "skipMissing" branch up
++             * there should suppress the error and return cleanly.
++             * Unfortunately, _g_local_file_info_get() masks the lstat()
++             * failure, g_file_info_get_attribute_uint32() is reached above,
++             * and returns G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN for the file that could never be
++             * accessed. So we need to consider "skipMissing" here too.
++             */
++            g_warning("%s", msg);
++            return;
++        }
+         OSINFO_LOADER_SET_ERROR(&error, msg);
+         g_propagate_error(err, error);
+     } else {
+diff --git a/tests/test-loader.c b/tests/test-loader.c
+index 6644943..bb86585 100644
+--- a/tests/test-loader.c
++++ b/tests/test-loader.c
+@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
+  */
+ 
+ #include <osinfo/osinfo.h>
++#include <glib/gstdio.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
+ 
+ static void
+ test_basic(void)
+@@ -31,6 +33,101 @@ test_basic(void)
+     g_object_unref(loader);
+ }
+ 
++typedef struct {
++    gchar *tmp_parent;
++    gchar *tmp_child;
++    gchar *orig_userdir;
++    gchar *expected_warning;
++} TestEaccesFixture;
++
++static void
++eacces_fixture_setup(TestEaccesFixture *fixture, gconstpointer user_data)
++{
++    gpointer rp;
++    gint ri;
++    gboolean rb;
++
++    /* create a temporary directory with permissions 0700 */
++    fixture->tmp_parent = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", g_get_tmp_dir(),
++                                          "test_eacces.XXXXXX");
++    rp = g_mkdtemp_full(fixture->tmp_parent, 0700);
++    g_assert_nonnull(rp);
++
++    /* create a child directory called "osinfo" in it, with permissions 0700 */
++    fixture->tmp_child = g_strdup_printf("%s/osinfo", fixture->tmp_parent);
++    ri = g_mkdir(fixture->tmp_child, 0700);
++    g_assert_cmpint(ri, ==, 0);
++
++    /* revoke the search permission (0100) from the parent */
++    ri = g_chmod(fixture->tmp_parent, 0600);
++    g_assert_cmpint(ri, ==, 0);
++
++    /* stash the current value of OSINFO_USER_DIR */
++    fixture->orig_userdir = g_strdup(g_getenv("OSINFO_USER_DIR"));
++
++    /* point osinfo_loader_get_user_path() inside
++     * osinfo_loader_process_default_path() to the child directory
++     */
++    rb = g_setenv("OSINFO_USER_DIR", fixture->tmp_child, TRUE);
++    g_assert_true(rb);
++
++    /* format the pattern for the warning expected later on */
++    fixture->expected_warning = g_strdup_printf("Can't read path %s",
++                                                fixture->tmp_child);
++}
++
++static void
++eacces_fixture_teardown(TestEaccesFixture *fixture, gconstpointer user_data)
++{
++    gboolean rb;
++    gint ri;
++
++    /* free the expected warning pattern */
++    g_free(fixture->expected_warning);
++
++    /* restore the OSINFO_USER_DIR variable */
++    if (fixture->orig_userdir) {
++        rb = g_setenv("OSINFO_USER_DIR", fixture->orig_userdir, TRUE);
++        g_assert_true(rb);
++        g_free(fixture->orig_userdir);
++    } else {
++        g_unsetenv("OSINFO_USER_DIR");
++    }
++
++    /* restore search permission on the parent */
++    ri = g_chmod(fixture->tmp_parent, 0700);
++    g_assert_cmpint(ri, ==, 0);
++
++    /* remove both directories */
++    ri = g_rmdir(fixture->tmp_child);
++    g_assert_cmpint(ri, ==, 0);
++    g_free(fixture->tmp_child);
++
++    ri = g_rmdir(fixture->tmp_parent);
++    g_assert_cmpint(ri, ==, 0);
++    g_free(fixture->tmp_parent);
++}
++
++static void
++test_eacces(TestEaccesFixture *fixture, gconstpointer user_data)
++{
++    OsinfoLoader *loader = osinfo_loader_new();
++    GError *error = NULL;
++
++    g_assert_true(OSINFO_IS_LOADER(loader));
++
++    /* this should trigger an EACCES in glib's lstat(), but not break db
++     * loading; also we expect the warning here
++     */
++    g_test_expect_message(G_LOG_DOMAIN, G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING,
++                          fixture->expected_warning);
++    osinfo_loader_process_default_path(loader, &error);
++    g_assert_no_error(error);
++    g_test_assert_expected_messages();
++
++    g_object_unref(loader);
++}
++
+ int
+ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ {
+@@ -38,6 +135,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 
+     g_test_add_func("/loader/basic", test_basic);
+ 
++    /* the following test depends on a directory with file mode bits 0600 being
++     * unsearchable for the owner, so skip it if the test is running as root
++     */
++    if (geteuid() != 0) {
++        g_test_add("/loader/eacces", TestEaccesFixture, NULL,
++                   eacces_fixture_setup, test_eacces, eacces_fixture_teardown);
++    }
++
+     /* Upfront so we don't confuse valgrind */
+     osinfo_entity_get_type();
+     osinfo_db_get_type();
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/SPECS/libosinfo.spec b/SPECS/libosinfo.spec
index 3df0687..daf55e0 100644
--- a/SPECS/libosinfo.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libosinfo.spec
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 Summary: A library for managing OS information for virtualization
 Name: libosinfo
 Version: 1.9.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Source: https://releases.pagure.io/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 URL: https://libosinfo.org/
 
 ### Patches ###
+Patch0001: 0001-loader-add-check-for-unknown-file-type.patch
+Patch0002: 0002-loader-work-around-lstat-EACCES-regression-in-_g_loc.patch
 
 BuildRequires: meson
 BuildRequires: gcc
@@ -96,6 +98,12 @@ Libraries, includes, etc. to compile with the libosinfo library
 %{_datadir}/vala/vapi/libosinfo-1.0.vapi
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 11 2022 Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-3
+- Resolves: rhbz#2053272
+
+* Thu Dec 16 2021 Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-2
+- Resolves: rhbz#1902720
+
 * Thu Feb 04 2021 Danilo C. L. de Paula <ddepaula@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-1
 - Resolves: rhbz#1903299 - Rebase to latest Fedora