static int tree_content_remove(
	struct tree_entry *root,
	const char *p,
	struct tree_entry *backup_leaf,
	int allow_root)
{
	struct tree_content *t;
	const char *slash1;
	unsigned int i, n;
	struct tree_entry *e;

	slash1 = strchrnul(p, '/');
	n = slash1 - p;

	if (!root->tree)
		load_tree(root);

	if (!*p && allow_root) {
		e = root;
		goto del_entry;
	}

	t = root->tree;
	for (i = 0; i < t->entry_count; i++) {
		e = t->entries[i];
		if (e->name->str_len == n && !strncmp_icase(p, e->name->str_dat, n)) {
			if (*slash1 && !S_ISDIR(e->versions[1].mode))
				/*
				 * If p names a file in some subdirectory, and a
				 * file or symlink matching the name of the
				 * parent directory of p exists, then p cannot
				 * exist and need not be deleted.
				 */
				return 1;
			if (!*slash1 || !S_ISDIR(e->versions[1].mode))
				goto del_entry;
			if (!e->tree)
				load_tree(e);
			if (tree_content_remove(e, slash1 + 1, backup_leaf, 0)) {
				for (n = 0; n < e->tree->entry_count; n++) {
					if (e->tree->entries[n]->versions[1].mode) {
						hashclr(root->versions[1].sha1);
						return 1;
					}
				}
				backup_leaf = NULL;
				goto del_entry;
			}
			return 0;
		}
	}
	return 0;

del_entry:
	if (backup_leaf)
		memcpy(backup_leaf, e, sizeof(*backup_leaf));
	else if (e->tree)
		release_tree_content_recursive(e->tree);
	e->tree = NULL;
	e->versions[1].mode = 0;
	hashclr(e->versions[1].sha1);
	hashclr(root->versions[1].sha1);
	return 1;
}

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.