The raw index buffer content is not guaranteed to be aligned * Ensure alignment by copying the content into a structure on the stack
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diff --git a/src/index.c b/src/index.c
index b63a0be..8b757f2 100644
--- a/src/index.c
+++ b/src/index.c
@@ -1767,35 +1767,42 @@ static size_t read_entry(
git_index_entry **out, const void *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
{
size_t path_length, entry_size;
- uint16_t flags_raw;
const char *path_ptr;
- const struct entry_short *source = buffer;
+ struct entry_short source;
git_index_entry entry = {{0}};
if (INDEX_FOOTER_SIZE + minimal_entry_size > buffer_size)
return 0;
- entry.ctime.seconds = (git_time_t)ntohl(source->ctime.seconds);
- entry.ctime.nanoseconds = ntohl(source->ctime.nanoseconds);
- entry.mtime.seconds = (git_time_t)ntohl(source->mtime.seconds);
- entry.mtime.nanoseconds = ntohl(source->mtime.nanoseconds);
- entry.dev = ntohl(source->dev);
- entry.ino = ntohl(source->ino);
- entry.mode = ntohl(source->mode);
- entry.uid = ntohl(source->uid);
- entry.gid = ntohl(source->gid);
- entry.file_size = ntohl(source->file_size);
- git_oid_cpy(&entry.id, &source->oid);
- entry.flags = ntohs(source->flags);
+ /* buffer is not guaranteed to be aligned */
+ memcpy(&source, buffer, sizeof(struct entry_short));
+
+ entry.ctime.seconds = (git_time_t)ntohl(source.ctime.seconds);
+ entry.ctime.nanoseconds = ntohl(source.ctime.nanoseconds);
+ entry.mtime.seconds = (git_time_t)ntohl(source.mtime.seconds);
+ entry.mtime.nanoseconds = ntohl(source.mtime.nanoseconds);
+ entry.dev = ntohl(source.dev);
+ entry.ino = ntohl(source.ino);
+ entry.mode = ntohl(source.mode);
+ entry.uid = ntohl(source.uid);
+ entry.gid = ntohl(source.gid);
+ entry.file_size = ntohl(source.file_size);
+ git_oid_cpy(&entry.id, &source.oid);
+ entry.flags = ntohs(source.flags);
if (entry.flags & GIT_IDXENTRY_EXTENDED) {
- const struct entry_long *source_l = (const struct entry_long *)source;
- path_ptr = source_l->path;
+ uint16_t flags_raw;
+ size_t flags_offset;
- flags_raw = ntohs(source_l->flags_extended);
- memcpy(&entry.flags_extended, &flags_raw, 2);
+ flags_offset = offsetof(struct entry_long, flags_extended);
+ memcpy(&flags_raw, (const char *) buffer + flags_offset,
+ sizeof(flags_raw));
+ flags_raw = ntohs(flags_raw);
+
+ memcpy(&entry.flags_extended, &flags_raw, sizeof(flags_raw));
+ path_ptr = (const char *) buffer + offsetof(struct entry_long, path);
} else
- path_ptr = source->path;
+ path_ptr = (const char *) buffer + offsetof(struct entry_short, path);
path_length = entry.flags & GIT_IDXENTRY_NAMEMASK;
@@ -1846,14 +1853,12 @@ static int read_header(struct index_header *dest, const void *buffer)
static size_t read_extension(git_index *index, const char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
{
- const struct index_extension *source;
struct index_extension dest;
size_t total_size;
- source = (const struct index_extension *)(buffer);
-
- memcpy(dest.signature, source->signature, 4);
- dest.extension_size = ntohl(source->extension_size);
+ /* buffer is not guaranteed to be aligned */
+ memcpy(&dest, buffer, sizeof(struct index_extension));
+ dest.extension_size = ntohl(dest.extension_size);
total_size = dest.extension_size + sizeof(struct index_extension);