Re: [PATCH] receive-pack: reject invalid refnames

> Signed-off-by: Martin Koegler <mkoegler@auto.tuwien.ac.at>
> ---
>  receive-pack.c |    7 +++++--
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/receive-pack.c b/receive-pack.c
> index d0a563d..a038a40 100644
> --- a/receive-pack.c
> +++ b/receive-pack.c
> @@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ static const char *update(struct command *cmd)
>  	unsigned char *new_sha1 = cmd->new_sha1;
>  	struct ref_lock *lock;
>  
> -	if (!prefixcmp(name, "refs/") && check_ref_format(name + 5)) {
> +	/* only HEAD and refs/... are allowed */
> +	if (strcmp(name, "HEAD") && 
> +	    (prefixcmp(name, "refs/") || check_ref_format(name + 5))) {
>  		error("refusing to create funny ref '%s' remotely", name);
>  		return "funny refname";
>  	}
> @@ -177,7 +179,8 @@ static const char *update(struct command *cmd)
>  	}
>  	if (deny_non_fast_forwards && !is_null_sha1(new_sha1) &&
>  	    !is_null_sha1(old_sha1) &&
> -	    !prefixcmp(name, "refs/heads/")) {
> +	    (!prefixcmp(name, "refs/heads/") ||
> +	     !strcmp(name, "HEAD"))) {
>  		struct object *old_object, *new_object;
>  		struct commit *old_commit, *new_commit;
>  		struct commit_list *bases, *ent;