format_sanitized_subject: Don't trim past initial length of strbuf

If the subject line is '...' the strbuf will be accessed before the
first dot is added; potentially changing the strbuf passed into the
function or accessing sb->buf[-1] if it was originally empty.

Reported-by: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Stephen Boyd 2009-03-31 16:24:38 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent b09b868f7f
commit 871d21d42e

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@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ static int istitlechar(char c)
static void format_sanitized_subject(struct strbuf *sb, const char *msg)
{
size_t trimlen;
size_t start_len = sb->len;
int space = 2;
for (; *msg && *msg != '\n'; msg++) {
@ -519,8 +520,9 @@ static void format_sanitized_subject(struct strbuf *sb, const char *msg)
/* trim any trailing '.' or '-' characters */
trimlen = 0;
while (sb->buf[sb->len - 1 - trimlen] == '.'
|| sb->buf[sb->len - 1 - trimlen] == '-')
while (sb->len - trimlen > start_len &&
(sb->buf[sb->len - 1 - trimlen] == '.'
|| sb->buf[sb->len - 1 - trimlen] == '-'))
trimlen++;
strbuf_remove(sb, sb->len - trimlen, trimlen);
}