1 file changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source/shared.c b/source/shared.c
index c509aa1..1c11bc6 100644
--- a/source/shared.c
+++ b/source/shared.c
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ void cgit_prepare_repo_env(struct cgit_repo * repo)
 int read_first_line(const char *path, char **buf, size_t *size)
 {
 	int fd, e;
+	ssize_t got;
 	struct stat st;
 
 	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
@@ -463,12 +464,20 @@ int read_first_line(const char *path, char **buf, size_t *size)
 		return EISDIR;
 	}
 	*buf = xmalloc(st.st_size + 1);
-	*size = read_in_full(fd, *buf, st.st_size);
+	got = read_in_full(fd, *buf, st.st_size);
 	e = errno;
+	if (got < 0) {
+		free(*buf);
+		*buf = NULL;
+		*size = 0;
+		close(fd);
+		return e;
+	}
+	*size = got;
 	(*buf)[*size] = '\0';
 	*strchrnul(*buf, '\n') = '\0';
 	close(fd);
-	return (*size == st.st_size ? 0 : e);
+	return (*size == (size_t)st.st_size ? 0 : e);
 }
 
 char *strdup_first_line(const char *txt)