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[PATCH] @{-<n>}: avoid crash with corrupt reflog

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 19, 2009, 12:41 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0901191338470.3586@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To
<7vljt7r9mq.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

The earlier code checked if a " to " was found after "checkout: Moving from ". However, it then went on to access the pointer to " to ", regardless if it was still NULL (if no " to " was found) or not.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
	You might want to squash this into "sha1_name: tweak @{-N} 
	lookup", just as a safety belt.
 sha1_name.c |   20 ++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 9e5f444..853bac6 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -705,18 +705,18 @@ static int grab_nth_branch_switch(unsigned char *osha1, unsigned char *nsha1,
 	size_t len;
 	int nth;
 
-	if (!prefixcmp(message, "checkout: moving from ")) {
-		match = message + strlen("checkout: moving from ");
-		if ((target = strstr(match, " to ")) != NULL)
-			target += 4;
-	}
-
-	if (!match)
+	if (prefixcmp(message, "checkout: moving from "))
 		return 0;
 
-	len = target - match - 4;
-	if (target[len] == '\n' && !strncmp(match, target, len))
-		return 0;
+	match = message + strlen("checkout: moving from ");
+	if ((target = strstr(match, " to ")) != NULL) {
+		len = target - match - 4;
+		target += 4;
+		if (target[len] == '\n' && !strncmp(match, target, len))
+			return 0;
+	}
+	else
+		len = strchrnul(match, ' ') - match;
 
 	nth = cb->cnt++ % cb->alloc;
 	strbuf_reset(&cb->buf[nth]);
-- 
1.6.1.347.g7b62749
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Message 55 of 56 in “N-th last checked out branch”
  1. 0/6 N-th last checked out branchThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  2. 1/6 reflog: refactor parsing and checkingThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  3. 2/6 reflog: refactor log open+mmapThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  4. 3/6 reflog: make for_each_reflog_ent use mmapThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  5. 4/6 reflog: add backwards iteratorThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  6. 5/6 sha1_name: implement @{-N} syntax for N-th last checked outThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  7. 6/6 checkout: implement '@{-N}' and '-' special abbreviationsThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2009
  11. Thomas RastJan 17, 2009
  12. 1/2 sha1_name: implement @{-N} syntax for N-th last checked outThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  13. 2/2 checkout: implement '@{-N}' and '-' special abbreviationsThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  14. interpret_nth_last_branch(): avoid traversing the reflogs twiceJohannes Schindelin, Jan 17, 2009
  15. 0/5 N-th last checked out branchThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  16. 1/5 checkout: implement "@{-N}" shortcut name for N-th last branchThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  17. 2/5 sha1_name: tweak @{-N} lookupThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  18. 3/5 sha1_name: support @{-N} syntax in get_sha1()Thomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  19. 4/5 checkout: implement "-" abbreviation, add docs and testsThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  20. 5/5 interpret_nth_last_branch(): avoid traversing the reflogs twiceThomas Rast, Jan 17, 2009
  21. 6/5 Fix parsing of @{-1}@{1}Johannes Schindelin, Jan 17, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2009
  23. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2009
  25. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2009
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2009
  28. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2009
  30. Johannes SchindelinJan 17, 2009
  31. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2009
  32. Johannes SchindelinJan 18, 2009
  33. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2009
  34. Johannes SchindelinJan 18, 2009
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2009
  36. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2009
  37. Johannes SchindelinJan 19, 2009
  38. Thomas RastJan 20, 2009
  39. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2009
  40. Thomas RastJan 20, 2009
  41. interpret_nth_last_branch(): plug small memleakJunio C Hamano, Jan 20, 2009
  42. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2009
  43. Introduce for_each_recent_reflog_ent().Junio C Hamano, Jan 20, 2009
  44. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2009
  45. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2009
  46. Fix invalid memory accessJohannes Schindelin, Jan 21, 2009
  47. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2009
  48. Thomas RastJan 21, 2009
  49. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2009
  50. Johannes SchindelinJan 21, 2009
  51. Thomas RastJan 24, 2009
  52. t1505: remove debugging cruftThomas Rast, Jan 24, 2009
  53. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2009
  54. Johannes SchindelinJan 21, 2009
  55. @{-<n>}: avoid crash with corrupt reflogJohannes Schindelin, Jan 19, 2009
  56. Johannes SchindelinJan 19, 2009

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