1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/template.c b/src/template.c
index 6255d1b..0937b66 100644
--- a/src/template.c
+++ b/src/template.c
@@ -1442,9 +1442,23 @@ char *render_template(const char *template_file, TemplateContext *ctx) {
 
   fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
   long file_size = ftell(fp);
+  if (file_size < 0) {
+    perror("Error getting template file size");
+    fprintf(stderr,
+            "[ERROR] render_template: Failed to get size of '%s'.\n",
+            full_path);
+    fclose(fp);
+    return NULL;
+  }
   fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
-  char *template_content = (char *)malloc(file_size + 1);
+  if (file_size == 0) {
+    char *empty_result = render_template_segment("", ctx);
+    fclose(fp);
+    return empty_result;
+  }
+
+  char *template_content = (char *)malloc((size_t)file_size + 1);
   if (template_content == NULL) {
     perror("Error allocating memory for template content");
     fprintf(stderr,
@@ -1454,7 +1468,17 @@ char *render_template(const char *template_file, TemplateContext *ctx) {
     fclose(fp);
     return NULL;
   }
-  fread(template_content, 1, file_size, fp);
+
+  size_t bytes_read = fread(template_content, 1, (size_t)file_size, fp);
+  if (bytes_read != (size_t)file_size) {
+    perror("Error reading template file");
+    fprintf(stderr,
+            "[ERROR] render_template: Failed to read complete template '%s'.\n",
+            full_path);
+    free(template_content);
+    fclose(fp);
+    return NULL;
+  }
   template_content[file_size] = '\0';
   fclose(fp);