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[PATCH] rev-parse: Check argc before using argv[i+1]

From
DSDavid Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
Date
Jan 27, 2014, 23:44 UTC
Message-ID
<1390866262-10188-1-git-send-email-dhsharp@google.com>

Without this patch, git-rev-parse --prefix, --default, or --resolve-git-dir, without a value argument, would result in a segfault. Instead, die() with a message.

Signed-off-by: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
---
 builtin/rev-parse.c | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index aaeb611..3bf65c5 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -547,15 +547,17 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--default")) {
-				def = argv[i+1];
-				i++;
+				if (++i >= argc)
+					die("--default requires an argument");
+				def = argv[i];
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--prefix")) {
-				prefix = argv[i+1];
+				if (++i >= argc)
+					die("--prefix requires an argument");
+				prefix = argv[i];
 				startup_info->prefix = prefix;
 				output_prefix = 1;
-				i++;
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--revs-only")) {
@@ -738,9 +740,11 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--resolve-git-dir")) {
-				const char *gitdir = resolve_gitdir(argv[i+1]);
+				if (++i >= argc)
+					die("--resolve-git-dir requires an argument");
+				const char *gitdir = resolve_gitdir(argv[i]);
 				if (!gitdir)
-					die("not a gitdir '%s'", argv[i+1]);
+					die("not a gitdir '%s'", argv[i]);
 				puts(gitdir);
 				continue;
 			}
-- 
1.8.5.3
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