parsing.c: be prepared for unexpected content in commit/tag objects

When parsing commits and tags cgit made too many assumptions about the
formatting of said objects. This patch tries to make the code be more
prepared to handle 'malformed' objects.

Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>

cgit.h

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct commitinfo {
 struct taginfo {
 	char *tagger;
 	char *tagger_email;
-	int tagger_date;
+	unsigned long tagger_date;
 	char *msg;
 };
 

parsing.c

@@ -62,6 +62,55 @@ char *substr(const char *head, const char *tail)
 	return buf;
 }
 
+char *parse_user(char *t, char **name, char **email, unsigned long *date)
+{
+	char *p = t;
+	int mode = 1;
+
+	while (p && *p) {
+		if (mode == 1 && *p == '<') {
+			*name = substr(t, p - 1);
+			t = p;
+			mode++;
+		} else if (mode == 1 && *p == '\n') {
+			*name = substr(t, p);
+			p++;
+			break;
+		} else if (mode == 2 && *p == '>') {
+			*email = substr(t, p + 1);
+			t = p;
+			mode++;
+		} else if (mode == 2 && *p == '\n') {
+			*email = substr(t, p);
+			p++;
+			break;
+		} else if (mode == 3 && isdigit(*p)) {
+			*date = atol(p);
+			mode++;
+		} else if (*p == '\n') {
+			p++;
+			break;
+		}
+		p++;
+	}
+	return p;
+}
+
+const char *reencode(char **txt, const char *src_enc, const char *dst_enc)
+{
+	char *tmp;
+
+	if (!txt || !*txt || !src_enc || !dst_enc)
+		return *txt;
+
+	tmp = reencode_string(*txt, src_enc, dst_enc);
+	if (tmp) {
+		free(*txt);
+		*txt = tmp;
+	}
+	return *txt;
+}
+
 struct commitinfo *cgit_parse_commit(struct commit *commit)
 {
 	struct commitinfo *ret;
@@ -88,70 +137,57 @@ struct commitinfo *cgit_parse_commit(struct commit *commit)
 	while (!strncmp(p, "parent ", 7))
 		p += 48; // "parent " + hex[40] + "\n"
 
-	if (!strncmp(p, "author ", 7)) {
+	if (p && !strncmp(p, "author ", 7)) {
-		p += 7;
+		p = parse_user(p + 7, &ret->author, &ret->author_email,
-		t = strchr(p, '<') - 1;
+			&ret->author_date);
-		ret->author = substr(p, t);
-		p = t;
-		t = strchr(t, '>') + 1;
-		ret->author_email = substr(p, t);
-		ret->author_date = atol(t+1);
-		p = strchr(t, '\n') + 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!strncmp(p, "committer ", 9)) {
+	if (p && !strncmp(p, "committer ", 9)) {
-		p += 9;
+		p = parse_user(p + 9, &ret->committer, &ret->committer_email,
-		t = strchr(p, '<') - 1;
+			&ret->committer_date);
-		ret->committer = substr(p, t);
-		p = t;
-		t = strchr(t, '>') + 1;
-		ret->committer_email = substr(p, t);
-		ret->committer_date = atol(t+1);
-		p = strchr(t, '\n') + 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!strncmp(p, "encoding ", 9)) {
+	if (p && !strncmp(p, "encoding ", 9)) {
 		p += 9;
-		t = strchr(p, '\n') + 1;
+		t = strchr(p, '\n');
-		ret->msg_encoding = substr(p, t);
+		if (t) {
-		p = t;
+			ret->msg_encoding = substr(p, t + 1);
-	} else
+			p = t + 1;
-		ret->msg_encoding = xstrdup(PAGE_ENCODING);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// skip unknown header fields
+	while (p && *p && (*p != '\n')) {
+		p = strchr(p, '\n');
+		if (p)
+			p++;
+	}
 
-	while (*p && (*p != '\n'))
+	// skip empty lines between headers and message
-		p = strchr(p, '\n') + 1; // skip unknown header fields
+	while (p && *p == '\n')
+		p++;
 
-	while (*p == '\n')
+	if (!p)
-		p = strchr(p, '\n') + 1;
+		return ret;
 
 	t = strchr(p, '\n');
 	if (t) {
-		if (*t == '\0')
-			ret->subject = "** empty **";
-		else
 		ret->subject = substr(p, t);
 		p = t + 1;
 
-		while (*p == '\n')
+		while (p && *p == '\n') {
-			p = strchr(p, '\n') + 1;
+			p = strchr(p, '\n');
+			if (p)
+				p++;
+		}
+		if (p)
 			ret->msg = xstrdup(p);
 	} else
-		ret->subject = substr(p, p+strlen(p));
+		ret->subject = xstrdup(p);
-
-	if(strcmp(ret->msg_encoding, PAGE_ENCODING)) {
-		t = reencode_string(ret->subject, PAGE_ENCODING,
-				    ret->msg_encoding);
-		if(t) {
-			free(ret->subject);
-			ret->subject = t;
-		}
 
-		t = reencode_string(ret->msg, PAGE_ENCODING,
+	if (ret->msg_encoding) {
-				    ret->msg_encoding);
+		reencode(&ret->subject, PAGE_ENCODING, ret->msg_encoding);
-		if(t) {
+		reencode(&ret->msg, PAGE_ENCODING, ret->msg_encoding);
-			free(ret->msg);
-			ret->msg = t;
-		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -163,7 +199,7 @@ struct taginfo *cgit_parse_tag(struct tag *tag)
 	void *data;
 	enum object_type type;
 	unsigned long size;
-	char *p, *t;
+	char *p;
 	struct taginfo *ret;
 
 	data = read_sha1_file(tag->object.sha1, &type, &size);
@@ -185,22 +221,19 @@ struct taginfo *cgit_parse_tag(struct tag *tag)
 			break;
 
 		if (!strncmp(p, "tagger ", 7)) {
-			p += 7;
+			p = parse_user(p + 7, &ret->tagger, &ret->tagger_email,
-			t = strchr(p, '<') - 1;
+				&ret->tagger_date);
-			ret->tagger = substr(p, t);
+		} else {
-			p = t;
+			p = strchr(p, '\n');
-			t = strchr(t, '>') + 1;
+			if (p)
-			ret->tagger_email = substr(p, t);
+				p++;
-			ret->tagger_date = atol(t+1);
 		}
-		p = strchr(p, '\n') + 1;
 	}
 
-	while (p && *p && (*p != '\n'))
+	// skip empty lines between headers and message
-		p = strchr(p, '\n') + 1; // skip unknown tag fields
+	while (p && *p == '\n')
+		p++;
 
-	while (p && (*p == '\n'))
-		p = strchr(p, '\n') + 1;
 	if (p && *p)
 		ret->msg = xstrdup(p);
 	free(data);