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[PATCH v7 02/10] pkt-line: fix packet_read_line() to handle len < 0 errors

From
Ben Peart <peartben@gmail.com>
Date
May 5, 2017, 15:27 UTC
Message-ID
<20170505152802.6724-3-benpeart@microsoft.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170505152802.6724-1-benpeart@microsoft.com>

Update packet_read_line() to test for len > 0 to avoid potential bug if read functions return lengths less than zero to indicate errors.

Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>
Found/Fixed-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
---
 pkt-line.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c
index d4b6bfe076..6f05b1a4a8 100644
--- a/pkt-line.c
+++ b/pkt-line.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static char *packet_read_line_generic(int fd,
 			      PACKET_READ_CHOMP_NEWLINE);
 	if (dst_len)
 		*dst_len = len;
-	return len ? packet_buffer : NULL;
+	return (len > 0) ? packet_buffer : NULL;
 }
 
 char *packet_read_line(int fd, int *len_p)
-- 
2.12.2.gvfs.2.20.g3624a68d62.dirty
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Message 3 of 16 in “refactor the filter process code into a reusable module”
  1. 00/10 refactor the filter process code into a reusable moduleBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  2. 01/10 convert: remove erroneous tests for errno == EPIPEBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  3. 02/10 pkt-line: fix packet_read_line() to handle len < 0 errorsBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  4. 03/10 pkt-line: add packet_read_line_gently()Ben Peart, May 5, 2017
  5. 04/10 convert: move packet_write_line() into pkt-line as packet_writel()Ben Peart, May 5, 2017
  6. Jeff KingMay 13, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2017
  8. 05/10 convert: split start_multi_file_filter() into two separate functionsBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  9. 07/10 convert: Update generic functions to only use generic data structuresBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  10. 09/10 sub-process: move sub-process functions into separate filesBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  11. Jeff KingMay 13, 2017
  12. 10/10 convert: Update subprocess_read_status to not die on EOFBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  13. 08/10 convert: rename reusable sub-process functionsBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  14. 06/10 convert: Separate generic structures and variables from the filter specific onesBen Peart, May 5, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2017
  16. Jeff KingMay 13, 2017

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