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[PATCH] config: fix several access(NULL) calls

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Jul 12, 2012, 12:04 UTC
Message-ID
<1342094660-3052-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
In-Reply-To
<877gu9wh05.fsf@thomas.inf.ethz.ch>

When $HOME is unset, home_config_paths fails and returns NULL pointers for user_config and xdg_config. Valgrind complains with Syscall param access(pathname) points to unaddressable byte(s).

Don't call blindly access() on these variables, but test them for NULL-ness before.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
> This patch causes valgrind warnings in t1300.81 (get --path copes with
> unset $HOME) about passing NULL to access():
Indeed. The following patch should fix it.
 builtin/config.c | 3 ++-
 config.c         | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index e8e1c0a..67945b2 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config");
 
-		if (access(user_config, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config, R_OK))
+		if (user_config && access(user_config, R_OK) &&
+		    xdg_config && !access(xdg_config, R_OK))
 			given_config_file = xdg_config;
 		else if (user_config)
 			given_config_file = user_config;
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index d28a499..6b97503 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -940,12 +940,12 @@ int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 		found += 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!access(xdg_config, R_OK)) {
+	if (xdg_config && !access(xdg_config, R_OK)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_config, data);
 		found += 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!access(user_config, R_OK)) {
+	if (user_config && !access(user_config, R_OK)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, user_config, data);
 		found += 1;
 	}
-- 
1.7.11.1.29.g0e8593d.dirty
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Message 58 of 88 in “[PATCHv2] Possibility to read both from ~/.gitconfig and from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config”
  1. Huynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYENMay 30, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2012
  3. Ramsay JonesMay 31, 2012
  4. [PATCHv3] Read from XDG configuration file, not writeHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, May 31, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 31, 2012
  6. [PATCHv4] Read (but not write) from XDG configuration, XDG attributes and XDG ignore filesHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 1, 2012
  7. Matthieu MoyJun 2, 2012
  8. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 2, 2012
  9. Matthieu MoyJun 2, 2012
  10. 1/4 Read (but not write) from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config fileHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 3, 2012
  11. 2/4 Let core.excludesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignoreHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 3, 2012
  12. Matthieu MoyJun 4, 2012
  13. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 5, 2012
  14. 3/4 Let core.attributesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributesHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 3, 2012
  15. 4/4 Write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config fileHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 3, 2012
  16. Matthieu MoyJun 4, 2012
  17. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 5, 2012
  18. 1/4 Read (but not write) from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config fileHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 6, 2012
  19. 2/4 Let core.excludesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignoreHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 6, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2012
  21. Matthieu MoyJun 8, 2012
  22. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 8, 2012
  23. 3/4 Let core.attributesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributesHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 6, 2012
  24. 4/4 Write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config fileHuynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN, Jun 6, 2012
  25. David AguilarJun 9, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2012
  27. David AguilarJun 9, 2012
  28. Matthieu MoyJun 10, 2012
  29. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 11, 2012
  30. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2012
  31. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 8, 2012
  32. Ramsay JonesJun 12, 2012
  33. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 8, 2012
  34. Erik Faye-LundJun 8, 2012
  35. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 8, 2012
  36. Erik Faye-LundJun 8, 2012
  37. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2012
  38. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 9, 2012
  39. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2012
  40. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 10, 2012
  41. Erik Faye-LundJun 10, 2012
  42. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 10, 2012
  43. Erik Faye-LundJun 10, 2012
  44. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2012
  45. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 11, 2012
  46. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 11, 2012
  47. Erik Faye-LundJun 11, 2012
  48. 1/4 Read (but not write) from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config fileHuynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen, Jun 12, 2012
  49. 2/4 Let core.excludesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignoreHuynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen, Jun 12, 2012
  50. 3/4 Let core.attributesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributesHuynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen, Jun 12, 2012
  51. 4/4 Write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config fileHuynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen, Jun 12, 2012
  52. Ramsay JonesJun 14, 2012
  53. Matthieu MoyJun 21, 2012
  54. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2012
  55. 0/4 Git configuration directoryMatthieu Moy, Jun 22, 2012
  56. 1/4 config: read (but not write) from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config fileMatthieu Moy, Jun 22, 2012
  57. Thomas RastJul 12, 2012
  58. config: fix several access(NULL) callsMatthieu Moy, Jul 12, 2012
  59. Thomas RastJul 12, 2012
  60. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2012
  61. Matthieu MoyJul 12, 2012
  62. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2012
  63. Matthieu MoyJul 13, 2012
  64. config: fix several access(NULL) callsMatthieu Moy, Jul 13, 2012
  65. Jeff KingJul 13, 2012
  66. Matthieu MoyJul 13, 2012
  67. Thomas RastJul 13, 2012
  68. Matthieu MoyJul 13, 2012
  69. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2012
  70. Matthieu MoyJul 16, 2012
  71. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2012
  72. Matthieu MoyJul 16, 2012
  73. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2012
  74. 2/4 Let core.excludesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignoreMatthieu Moy, Jun 22, 2012
  75. 3/4 Let core.attributesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignoreMatthieu Moy, Jun 22, 2012
  76. Junio C HamanoJun 22, 2012
  77. Matthieu MoyJun 25, 2012
  78. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2012
  79. Matthieu MoyJun 25, 2012
  80. 4/4 config: write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file if appropriateMatthieu Moy, Jun 22, 2012
  81. Junio C HamanoJun 22, 2012
  82. Matthieu MoyJun 25, 2012
  83. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2012
  84. Junio C HamanoJun 22, 2012
  85. Ramsay JonesJun 4, 2012
  86. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2012
  87. Ramsay JonesJun 12, 2012
  88. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frJun 5, 2012

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