Re: [PATCH] sequencer: detect author name errors in read_author_script()

> On Sun, Oct 02, 2022 at 11:39:16PM -0700, Michael V. Scovetta wrote:
>
>> In commit 2a7d63a2, sequencer.c:912 looks like:
>> 912  if (name_i == -2)
>> 913      error(_("missing 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME'"));
>> 914  if (email_i == -2)
>> 915      error(_("missing 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL'"));
>> 916  if (date_i == -2)
>> 917      error(_("missing 'GIT_AUTHOR_DATE'"));
>> 918  if (date_i < 0 || email_i < 0 || date_i < 0 || err)    <-- date_i
>> is referenced here twice
>> 919      goto finish;
>> 
>> I'm fairly sure that line 918 should be:
>> 918  if (name_i < 0 || email_i < 0 || date_i < 0 || err)
>
> Agreed, but +cc Phillip as the original author.
>
>> I haven't validated this, but I suspect that if
>> `rebase-merge/author-script` contained two GIT_AUTHOR_NAME fields,
>> then name_i would be set to -1 (by the error function), but control
>> wouldn't flow to finish, but instead to line 920 ( *name =
>> kv.items[name_i].util; ) where it would attempt to access memory
>> slightly outside of items' memory space.
>
> Correct. It also happens if GIT_AUTHOR_NAME is missing.
>
>> I haven't been able to actually trigger the bug, but strongly suspect
>> I'm just not familiar enough with how rebasing works under the covers.
>
> It's a little tricky, because we avoid writing and reading the
> author-script file unless necessary. An easy way to need it is to break
> with a conflict (which writes it), and then resume with "git rebase
> --continue" (which reads it back while committing).
>
> Here's a patch to fix it. Thanks for your report!