This is to avoid reaching free of uninitialized members. With an invalid .mailmap (and perhaps in other cases), it can reach free(mi->name) with garbage for example. Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@xxxxxxxxx> --- mailmap.c | 5 ++--- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mailmap.c b/mailmap.c index 02fcfde..8c3196c 100644 --- a/mailmap.c +++ b/mailmap.c @@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ static void add_mapping(struct string_list *map, } else { /* create mailmap entry */ struct string_list_item *item = string_list_insert_at_index(map, index, old_email); - item->util = xmalloc(sizeof(struct mailmap_entry)); - memset(item->util, 0, sizeof(struct mailmap_entry)); + item->util = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct mailmap_entry)); ((struct mailmap_entry *)item->util)->namemap.strdup_strings = 1; } me = (struct mailmap_entry *)map->items[index].util; @@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ static void add_mapping(struct string_list *map, me->email = xstrdup(new_email); } } else { - struct mailmap_info *mi = xmalloc(sizeof(struct mailmap_info)); + struct mailmap_info *mi = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct mailmap_info)); debug_mm("mailmap: adding (complex) entry for %s at index %d\n", old_email, index); if (new_name) mi->name = xstrdup(new_name); -- 1.7.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html