[PATCH] erofs-utils: tar: handle empty filenames correctly

Gao Xiang hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com
Fri Feb 28 04:15:57 AEDT 2025


Tar entries with empty filenames are unusual but shouldn’t
cause a crash.  Handle this by following `tar` behavior:
substitute `.` for the empty filenames.

Fixes: 95d315fd7958 ("erofs-utils: introduce tarerofs")
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com>
---
 lib/tar.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/tar.c b/lib/tar.c
index 2ea3858..0f21a60 100644
--- a/lib/tar.c
+++ b/lib/tar.c
@@ -826,8 +826,13 @@ out_eot:
 		memcpy(path + j, th->name, sizeof(th->name));
 		path[j + sizeof(th->name)] = '\0';
 		j = strlen(path);
-		while (path[j - 1] == '/')
-			path[--j] = '\0';
+		if (__erofs_unlikely(!j)) {
+			path[0] = '.';
+			path[1] = '\0';
+		} else {
+			while (path[j - 1] == '/')
+				path[--j] = '\0';
+		}
 	}
 
 	dataoff = tar->offset;
-- 
2.43.5



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