From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] bisect: check strbuf_getline_lf return when reading terms
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:09:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqcxwii6wd.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqh5m1qcfh.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:17:06 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> writes:
> ...
>> diff --git a/builtin/bisect.c b/builtin/bisect.c
>> index 798e28f501..fe66d84382 100644
>> --- a/builtin/bisect.c
>> +++ b/builtin/bisect.c
>> @@ -498,9 +498,15 @@ static int get_terms(struct bisect_terms *terms)
>> }
>>
>> free_terms(terms);
>> - strbuf_getline_lf(&str, fp);
>> + if (strbuf_getline_lf(&str, fp) == EOF) {
>> + res = -1;
>> + goto finish;
>> + }
>> terms->term_bad = strbuf_detach(&str, NULL);
>> - strbuf_getline_lf(&str, fp);
>> + if (strbuf_getline_lf(&str, fp) == EOF) {
>> + res = -1;
>> + goto finish;
>> + }
>
> We want to clean-up terms->term_bad when we fail to read the second
> line after reading the first line successfully, no?
>
>> terms->term_good = strbuf_detach(&str, NULL);
>>
>> finish:
--- >8 ---
Subject: [PATCH] fixup! bisect: check strbuf_getline_lf return when reading
terms
https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqh5m1qcfh.fsf@gitster.g/
This fixes the immediate leak introduced by
https://lore.kernel.org/git/17c382fdf46eada79ce03a7604dd7e0454d8bea4.1784069325.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
but many callers of get_terms() should all be fixed to check for
return value. If it fails to grab the replacement word for "bad",
both terms->term_bad and terms->term_good are left NULL, since the
function calls free_terms() early.
diff --git a/builtin/bisect.c b/builtin/bisect.c
index fe66d84382..69ab7ea248 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect.c
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ static int get_terms(struct bisect_terms *terms)
terms->term_bad = strbuf_detach(&str, NULL);
if (strbuf_getline_lf(&str, fp) == EOF) {
res = -1;
+ FREE_AND_NULL(terms->term_bad);
goto finish;
}
terms->term_good = strbuf_detach(&str, NULL);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-20 5:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-14 22:48 [PATCH 00/11] coverity: fix unchecked returns Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 01/11] http: die on curl_easy_duphandle failure in get_active_slot Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 02/11] config: propagate launch_editor() failure in show_editor() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 6:58 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 03/11] reftable/block: check deflateInit() return value Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 04/11] reftable tests: check reftable_table_init_ref_iterator() return Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 05/11] last-modified: handle repo_parse_commit() failures Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 1:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-20 5:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 06/11] compat/pread: check initial lseek for errors Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 6:58 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 07/11] transport-helper: check dup() return in get_exporter Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 6:58 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 08/11] transport-helper: warn when export-marks file cannot be finalized Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 09/11] bisect: check strbuf_getline_lf return when reading terms Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 1:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-20 5:09 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 10/11] bisect: check get_terms return at all call sites Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 6:58 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-14 22:48 ` [PATCH 11/11] bisect: handle dup() failure when redirecting stdout Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-15 6:58 ` Patrick Steinhardt
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