Check object lengths against headers in read_loose#7178
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Check object lengths against headers in read_loose#7178howtonotwin wants to merge 1 commit intolibgit2:mainfrom
read_loose#7178howtonotwin wants to merge 1 commit intolibgit2:mainfrom
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Avoid a buffer overrun when an object's header specifies a short length but the body is longer (fix libgit2#7177). Take care to preserve the behavior that too-short object bodies are not an error but get zero-padded.
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Avoid a buffer overrun when an object's header specifies a short length but the body is longer (fix #7177). Take care to preserve the behavior that too-short object bodies are not an error but get zero-padded.