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-rw-r--r--hex.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hex.c b/hex.c
index bb402fbaa..9ebc05063 100644
--- a/hex.c
+++ b/hex.c
@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ int get_sha1_hex(const char *hex, unsigned char *sha1)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
- unsigned int val = (hexval(hex[0]) << 4) | hexval(hex[1]);
+ unsigned int val;
+ /*
+ * hex[1]=='\0' is caught when val is checked below,
+ * but if hex[0] is NUL we have to avoid reading
+ * past the end of the string:
+ */
+ if (!hex[0])
+ return -1;
+ val = (hexval(hex[0]) << 4) | hexval(hex[1]);
if (val & ~0xff)
return -1;
*sha1++ = val;