--- lib/value.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/value.c b/lib/value.c index db6396f..c4e21ec 100644 --- a/lib/value.c +++ b/lib/value.c @@ -462,7 +462,27 @@ hivex_value_string (hive_h *h, hive_value_h value) return ret; } -/* http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2009/10/08/9904646.aspx */ +/* Even though + * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724884.aspx + * and + * http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2009/10/08/9904646.aspx + * claim that it is not possible to store empty strings in MULTI_SZ + * string lists, such lists are used by Windows itself: + * + * The MoveFileEx function can schedule files to be renamed (or + * removed) at restart time by storing pairs of filenames in the + * HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations + * value. + * + * The documentation for MoveFileEx + * (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365240) + * states that "[i]f dwFlags specifies MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT, + * and lpNewFileName is NULL, MoveFileEx registers the + * lpExistingFileName file to be deleted when the system restarts." + * + * For scheduled removals, the second file name of any pair stored in + * PendingFileRenameOperations is an empty string. + */ char ** hivex_value_multiple_strings (hive_h *h, hive_value_h value) { @@ -490,8 +510,8 @@ hivex_value_multiple_strings (hive_h *h, hive_value_h value) char *p = data; size_t plen; - while (p < data + len && - (plen = _hivex_utf16_string_len_in_bytes_max (p, data + len - p)) > 0) { + while (p < data + len) { + plen = _hivex_utf16_string_len_in_bytes_max (p, data + len - p); nr_strings++; char **ret2 = realloc (ret, (1 + nr_strings) * sizeof (char *)); if (ret2 == NULL) { -- 1.8.5.2 _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
