In GNU tar, long-name/long-link archive records are assembled in read_header(...

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In GNU tar, long-name/long-link archive records are assembled in read_header() from a declared size. If the payload is truncated, the code logs an error but still NUL-terminates and reuses the partially filled buffer. Short reads on archive metadata should be fatal, not recoverable, when the buffer later controls pathname/linkname handling.

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