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SubjectRe: [PATCH] nfs client, kernel 2.4.31: readlink result overflow
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Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu writes:
> Odd, as it has similar code - 2.6.13-mm1 nfs2xdr.c has:
> /* Convert length of symlink */
> len = ntohl(*p++);
> if (len >= rcvbuf->page_len || len <= 0) {

To my reading, the 2.6.13 code does not copy the 4 bytes of length to
rcvbuf.

> Is there some *other* code in 2.6 that prevents this from being a problem,
> if it's a problem on 2.4?
>
> > diff -u linux-2.4.31.orig/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c linux-2.4.31/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
> > --- linux-2.4.31.orig/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c 2002-11-28 18:53:15.000000000 -0500
> > +++ linux-2.4.31/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c 2005-09-07 17:36:04.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -571,8 +571,8 @@
> > strlen = (u32*)kmap(rcvbuf->pages[0]);
> > /* Convert length of symlink */
> > len = ntohl(*strlen);
> > - if (len > rcvbuf->page_len)
> > - len = rcvbuf->page_len;
> > + if (len > rcvbuf->page_len - 1 - 4)
> > + len = rcvbuf->page_len - 1 - 4;
>
> Am I the only one who finds an uncommented "-1 -4" construct scary beyond belief?

Probably not. What do you think looks better? sizeof(u32) ?
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