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Don't smash stack when $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES is too long
There is no restriction on the length of the name returned by get_object_directory, other than the fact that it must be a stat'able git object directory. That means its name may have length up to PATH_MAX-1 (i.e., often 4095) not counting the trailing NUL. Combine that with the assumption that the concatenation of that name and suffixes like "/info/alternates" and "/pack/---long-name---.idx" will fit in a buffer of length PATH_MAX, and you see the problem. Here's a fix: sha1_file.c (prepare_packed_git_one): Lengthen "path" buffer so we are guaranteed to be able to append "/pack/" without checking. Skip any directory entry that is too long to be appended. (read_info_alternates): Protect against a similar buffer overrun. Before this change, using the following admittedly contrived environment setting would cause many git commands to clobber their stack and segfault on a system with PATH_MAX == 4096: t=$(perl -e '$s=".git/objects";$n=(4096-6-length($s))/2;print "./"x$n . $s') export GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES=$t touch g ./git-update-index --add g If you run the above commands, you'll soon notice that many git commands now segfault, so you'll want to do this: unset GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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