load_subtree(): check that `prefix_len` is in the expected range

This value, which is stashed in the last byte of an object_id hash,
gets handed around a lot. So add a sanity check before using it in
`load_subtree()`.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index 40d9ba625..27d232f29 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -417,7 +417,10 @@ static void load_subtree(struct notes_tree *t, struct leaf_node *subtree,
 		     oid_to_hex(&subtree->val_oid));
 
 	prefix_len = subtree->key_oid.hash[KEY_INDEX];
-	assert(prefix_len * 2 >= n);
+	if (prefix_len >= GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ)
+		BUG("prefix_len (%"PRIuMAX") is out of range", (uintmax_t)prefix_len);
+	if (prefix_len * 2 < n)
+		BUG("prefix_len (%"PRIuMAX") is too small", (uintmax_t)prefix_len);
 	memcpy(object_oid.hash, subtree->key_oid.hash, prefix_len);
 	while (tree_entry(&desc, &entry)) {
 		unsigned char type;