static int verify_ordered(unsigned mode1, const char *name1, unsigned mode2, const char *name2)
{
	int len1 = strlen(name1);
	int len2 = strlen(name2);
	int len = len1 < len2 ? len1 : len2;
	unsigned char c1, c2;
	int cmp;

	cmp = memcmp(name1, name2, len);
	if (cmp < 0)
		return 0;
	if (cmp > 0)
		return TREE_UNORDERED;

	/*
	 * Ok, the first <len> characters are the same.
	 * Now we need to order the next one, but turn
	 * a '\0' into a '/' for a directory entry.
	 */
	c1 = name1[len];
	c2 = name2[len];
	if (!c1 && !c2)
		/*
		 * git-write-tree used to write out a nonsense tree that has
		 * entries with the same name, one blob and one tree.  Make
		 * sure we do not have duplicate entries.
		 */
		return TREE_HAS_DUPS;
	if (!c1 && S_ISDIR(mode1))
		c1 = '/';
	if (!c2 && S_ISDIR(mode2))
		c2 = '/';
	return c1 < c2 ? 0 : TREE_UNORDERED;
}

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.