parse_pack_header_option(): avoid unaligned memory writes

In order to recreate a pack header in our in-memory buffer, we cast the buffer to a "struct pack_header" and assign the individual fields. This is reported to cause SIGBUS on sparc64 due to alignment issues. We can work around this by using put_be32() which will write individual bytes into the buffer. Reported-by: Koakuma <koachan@protonmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Jeff King committed Jan 19, 2025 at 08:23 UTC 4f02f4d68d8eefe728008974640839ef6e1b2182
1 file changed +9 -6
packfile.c
+9 -6
@@ -2297,17 +2297,20 @@ int is_promisor_object(const struct object_id *oid)
2297
2298 int parse_pack_header_option(const char *in, unsigned char *out, unsigned int *len)
2299 {
2300 - struct pack_header *hdr;
2300 + unsigned char *hdr;
2301 char *c;
2302
2303 - hdr = (struct pack_header *)out;
2304 - hdr->hdr_signature = htonl(PACK_SIGNATURE);
2305 - hdr->hdr_version = htonl(strtoul(in, &c, 10));
2303 + hdr = out;
2304 + put_be32(hdr, PACK_SIGNATURE);
2305 + hdr += 4;
2306 + put_be32(hdr, strtoul(in, &c, 10));
2307 + hdr += 4;
2308 if (*c != ',')
2309 return -1;
2308 - hdr->hdr_entries = htonl(strtoul(c + 1, &c, 10));
2310 + put_be32(hdr, strtoul(c + 1, &c, 10));
2311 + hdr += 4;
2312 if (*c)
2313 return -1;
2311 - *len = sizeof(*hdr);
2314 + *len = hdr - out;
2315 return 0;
2316 }