update_walk: fix unsafe readlink() usage

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/update_walk.c b/src/update_walk.c
index 615bf41a8..8554e8f3c 100644
--- a/src/update_walk.c
+++ b/src/update_walk.c
@@ -283,12 +283,20 @@ skip_symlink(const struct directory *directory, const char *utf8_name)
 		return true;
 
 	char buffer[MPD_PATH_MAX];
-	ssize_t ret = readlink(path_fs, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+	ssize_t length = readlink(path_fs, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 	g_free(path_fs);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (length < 0)
 		/* don't skip if this is not a symlink */
 		return errno != EINVAL;
 
+	if ((size_t)length >= sizeof(buffer))
+		/* skip symlinks when the buffer is too small for the
+		   link target */
+		return true;
+
+	/* null-terminate the buffer, because readlink() will not */
+	buffer[length] = 0;
+
 	if (!follow_inside_symlinks && !follow_outside_symlinks) {
 		/* ignore all symlinks */
 		return true;