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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);

  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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