diff --git a/pkg/tools/filesystem.go b/pkg/tools/filesystem.go
index da5ca20d9..f36ad5476 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/filesystem.go
@@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ func (h *hostFs) ReadFile(path string) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (h *hostFs) ReadDir(path string) ([]os.DirEntry, error) {
-	return os.ReadDir(path)
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read directory: %w", err)
+	}
+	return entries, nil
 }
 
 func (h *hostFs) WriteFile(path string, data []byte) error {
diff --git a/pkg/tools/shell_test.go b/pkg/tools/shell_test.go
index e76a365af..6fe9b6b9b 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/shell_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/shell_test.go
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ func TestExecTool_Bg_RingBufferOverflow(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		cmd = "1..2000 | ForEach-Object { Write-Output ('x' * 50) }; Start-Sleep -Seconds 30"
 	} else {
-		cmd = "for i in $(seq 1 2000); do echo $(head -c 50 /dev/zero | tr '\\0' 'x'); done; sleep 30"
+		cmd = "yes 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' | head -n 2000; sleep 30"
 	}
 
 	result := tool.Execute(context.Background(), map[string]any{