Re: [PATCH] pathspec: fix segfault in clear_pathspec

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On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Brandon Williams <bmwill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In 'clear_pathspec()' the incorrect index parameter is used to bound an
> inner-loop which is used to free a 'struct attr_match' value field.
> Using the incorrect index parameter (in addition to being incorrect)
> occasionally causes segmentation faults when attempting to free an
> invalid pointer.  Fix this by using the correct index parameter 'i'.

This was introduced via b0db704652 (pathspec: allow querying for
attributes, 2017-03-13), and it seems there was no other topics
in flight since then or at the time.  So the review failed to spot it
and not some other weird root cause.

Thanks,
Stefan



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