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[PATCH] am: check return value of resolve_refdup before using hash

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
May 6, 2017, 17:13 UTC
Message-ID
<f0ca65bf-aaf9-2cd6-1deb-c55c9e7a8fa3@web.de>

If resolve_refdup() fails it returns NULL and possibly leaves its hash output parameter untouched. Make sure to use it only if the function succeeded, in order to avoid accessing uninitialized memory.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 builtin/am.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index a95dd8b4e6..2c52c820aa 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ static void am_abort(struct am_state *state)
 	am_rerere_clear();
 
 	curr_branch = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, curr_head.hash, NULL);
-	has_curr_head = !is_null_oid(&curr_head);
+	has_curr_head = curr_branch && !is_null_oid(&curr_head);
 	if (!has_curr_head)
 		hashcpy(curr_head.hash, EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
 
-- 
2.12.2
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