From 16634a472097c00e44cb9aea1560807181bba133 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aizal Khan <aizumusheer2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 19:52:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] bound help index section comment strip to section buffer

---
 cgi-bin/help-index.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cgi-bin/help-index.c b/cgi-bin/help-index.c
index 9dbc23cb7b..e9dceb38c5 100644
--- a/cgi-bin/help-index.c
+++ b/cgi-bin/help-index.c
@@ -887,10 +887,9 @@ help_load_file(
         * Strip comment stuff from end of line...
 	*/
 
-        for (*ptr-- = '\0'; ptr > line && isspace(*ptr & 255); *ptr-- = '\0');
-
-	if (isspace(*ptr & 255))
-	  *ptr = '\0';
+        *ptr = '\0';
+        while (ptr > section && isspace(ptr[-1] & 255))
+          *--ptr = '\0';
       }
       continue;
     }