From 26fbc45780ef562c441cadc014331d5fe739a272 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Lawrence Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:40:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] fixing a panic in relation to the json.RawMessage updates Signed-off-by: David Lawrence (github: endophage) --- tuf/data/root.go | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/tuf/data/root.go b/tuf/data/root.go index 02030caa12..b431416a81 100644 --- a/tuf/data/root.go +++ b/tuf/data/root.go @@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ func (r SignedRoot) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { // that it is a valid SignedRoot func RootFromSigned(s *Signed) (*SignedRoot, error) { r := Root{} + if s.Signed == nil { + return nil, ErrInvalidMetadata{ + role: CanonicalRootRole, + msg: "root file contained an empty payload", + } + } if err := defaultSerializer.Unmarshal(*s.Signed, &r); err != nil { return nil, err }