Avoid running over the end of another -- a C string whose length we don't know -- by using strcmp(3) instead of memcmp(3) for comparing it with another C string. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- apply.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c index 946be4d2f5..9b3df8a3aa 100644 --- a/apply.c +++ b/apply.c @@ -962,13 +962,12 @@ static int gitdiff_verify_name(struct apply_state *state, } if (*name) { - int len = strlen(*name); char *another; if (isnull) return error(_("git apply: bad git-diff - expected /dev/null, got %s on line %d"), *name, state->linenr); another = find_name(state, line, NULL, state->p_value, TERM_TAB); - if (!another || memcmp(another, *name, len + 1)) { + if (!another || strcmp(another, *name)) { free(another); return error((side == DIFF_NEW_NAME) ? _("git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent new filename on line %d") : -- 2.13.2