1 files changed, 42 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/submodule-config.c b/submodule-config.c
index 5537c88727..388ef1f892 100644
--- a/submodule-config.c
+++ b/submodule-config.c
@@ -190,6 +190,31 @@ static struct submodule *cache_lookup_name(struct submodule_cache *cache,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+int check_submodule_name(const char *name)
+{
+	/* Disallow empty names */
+	if (!*name)
+		return -1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Look for '..' as a path component. Check both '/' and '\\' as
+	 * separators rather than is_dir_sep(), because we want the name rules
+	 * to be consistent across platforms.
+	 */
+	goto in_component; /* always start inside component */
+	while (*name) {
+		char c = *name++;
+		if (c == '/' || c == '\\') {
+in_component:
+			if (name[0] == '.' && name[1] == '.' &&
+			    (!name[2] || name[2] == '/' || name[2] == '\\'))
+				return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int name_and_item_from_var(const char *var, struct strbuf *name,
 				  struct strbuf *item)
 {
@@ -201,6 +226,12 @@ static int name_and_item_from_var(const char *var, struct strbuf *name,
 		return 0;
 
 	strbuf_add(name, subsection, subsection_len);
+	if (check_submodule_name(name->buf) < 0) {
+		warning(_("ignoring suspicious submodule name: %s"), name->buf);
+		strbuf_release(name);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	strbuf_addstr(item, key);
 
 	return 1;
@@ -619,31 +650,24 @@ static void gitmodules_read_check(struct repository *repo)
 		repo_read_gitmodules(repo);
 }
 
-const struct submodule *submodule_from_name(const struct object_id *treeish_name,
+const struct submodule *submodule_from_name(struct repository *r,
+					    const struct object_id *treeish_name,
 		const char *name)
 {
-	gitmodules_read_check(the_repository);
-	return config_from(the_repository->submodule_cache, treeish_name, name, lookup_name);
+	gitmodules_read_check(r);
+	return config_from(r->submodule_cache, treeish_name, name, lookup_name);
 }
 
-const struct submodule *submodule_from_path(const struct object_id *treeish_name,
+const struct submodule *submodule_from_path(struct repository *r,
+					    const struct object_id *treeish_name,
 		const char *path)
 {
-	gitmodules_read_check(the_repository);
-	return config_from(the_repository->submodule_cache, treeish_name, path, lookup_path);
-}
-
-const struct submodule *submodule_from_cache(struct repository *repo,
-					     const struct object_id *treeish_name,
-					     const char *key)
-{
-	gitmodules_read_check(repo);
-	return config_from(repo->submodule_cache, treeish_name,
-			   key, lookup_path);
+	gitmodules_read_check(r);
+	return config_from(r->submodule_cache, treeish_name, path, lookup_path);
 }
 
-void submodule_free(void)
+void submodule_free(struct repository *r)
 {
-	if (the_repository->submodule_cache)
-		submodule_cache_clear(the_repository->submodule_cache);
+	if (r->submodule_cache)
+		submodule_cache_clear(r->submodule_cache);
 }