From 1ecc18e4fc0c91e9cab1aafbedb0eebdebaa8dd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:44:07 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkout: do not make a temporary copy of symlink target. If the index records an insanely long symbolic link, copying into the temporary would overflow the buffer (noticed by Mark Wooding). Because read_sha1_file() terminates the returned buffer with NUL since late May 2005, there is no reason to copy it anymore. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- entry.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/entry.c b/entry.c index 410b758a..6c47c3a3 100644 --- a/entry.c +++ b/entry.c @@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ static int write_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, const char *path, struct checkout unsigned long size; long wrote; char type[20]; - char target[1024]; new = read_sha1_file(ce->sha1, type, &size); if (!new || strcmp(type, "blob")) { @@ -94,12 +93,10 @@ static int write_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, const char *path, struct checkout return error("git-checkout-index: unable to write file %s", path); break; case S_IFLNK: - memcpy(target, new, size); - target[size] = '\0'; - if (symlink(target, path)) { + if (symlink(new, path)) { free(new); - return error("git-checkout-index: unable to create symlink %s (%s)", - path, strerror(errno)); + return error("git-checkout-index: unable to create " + "symlink %s (%s)", path, strerror(errno)); } free(new); break; -- 2.11.0