From d96ddd06d4eb379efeef1aebd71ad4d26030eacd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Jasny <gregor.jasny@goto.com>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 16:08:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Check for short reads in Reader::read_str (#1068)

---
 src/core/Reader.hpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/Reader.hpp b/src/core/Reader.hpp
index a352b9a54..291c35627 100644
--- a/src/core/Reader.hpp
+++ b/src/core/Reader.hpp
@@ -72,7 +72,12 @@ inline std::string
 Reader::read_str(const size_t length)
 {
   std::string value(length, 0);
-  read(&value[0], length);
+  if (length > 0) {
+    const auto bytes_read = read(&value[0], length);
+    if (bytes_read != length) {
+      throw core::Error("Read underflow");
+    }
+  }
   return value;
 }
 
-- 
2.47.2