make_absolute_path(): check bounds when seeing an overlong symlink

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
git-mirror · Dec 17, 2008 · 737e31a · 737e31a
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diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 			len = readlink(buf, next_buf, PATH_MAX);
 			if (len < 0)
 				die ("Invalid symlink: %s", buf);
+			if (PATH_MAX <= len)
+				die("symbolic link too long: %s", buf);
 			next_buf[len] = '\0';
 			buf = next_buf;
 			buf_index = 1 - buf_index;