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-rw-r--r--builtin-update-index.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 5637d417aa..ce83224756 100644
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ static int process_path(const char *path)
int len;
struct stat st;
+ len = strlen(path);
+ if (has_symlink_leading_path(len, path))
+ return error("'%s' is beyond a symbolic link", path);
+
/*
* First things first: get the stat information, to decide
* what to do about the pathname!
@@ -201,7 +205,6 @@ static int process_path(const char *path)
if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
return process_lstat_error(path, errno);
- len = strlen(path);
if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
return process_directory(path, len, &st);