2008-07-02 03:37:17

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: + ext3-validate-directory-entry-data-before-use-v5.patch added to -mm tree


The patch titled
ext3: validate directory entry data before use
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ext3-validate-directory-entry-data-before-use-v5.patch

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Subject: ext3: validate directory entry data before use
From: "Duane Griffin" <[email protected]>

ext3_dx_find_entry uses ext3_next_entry without verifying that the entry
is valid. If its rec_len == 0 this causes an infinite loop. Refactor the
loop to check the validity of entries before checking whether they match
and moving onto the next one.

There are other uses of ext3_next_entry in this file which also look
problematic. They should be reviewed and fixed if/when we have a
test-case that triggers them.

This patch fixes the first case (image hdb.25.softlockup.gz) reported in
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10882.

Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---

fs/ext3/namei.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/ext3/namei.c~ext3-validate-directory-entry-data-before-use-v5 fs/ext3/namei.c
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c~ext3-validate-directory-entry-data-before-use-v5
+++ a/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -991,19 +991,21 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find
de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
top = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) ((char *) de + sb->s_blocksize -
EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(0));
- for (; de < top; de = ext3_next_entry(de))
- if (ext3_match (namelen, name, de)) {
- if (!ext3_check_dir_entry("ext3_find_entry",
- dir, de, bh,
- (block<<EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb))
- +((char *)de - bh->b_data))) {
- brelse (bh);
+ for (; de < top; de = ext3_next_entry(de)) {
+ int off = (block << EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb))
+ + ((char *) de - bh->b_data);
+
+ if (!ext3_check_dir_entry(__func__, dir, de, bh, off)) {
+ brelse(bh);
*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
goto errout;
}
- *res_dir = de;
- dx_release (frames);
- return bh;
+
+ if (ext3_match(namelen, name, de)) {
+ *res_dir = de;
+ dx_release(frames);
+ return bh;
+ }
}
brelse (bh);
/* Check to see if we should continue to search */
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are

jbd-replace-potentially-false-assertion-with-if-block.patch
jbd-eliminate-duplicated-code-in-revocation-table-init-destroy-functions.patch
jbd-tidy-up-revoke-cache-initialisation-and-destruction.patch
ext3-handle-corrupted-orphan-list-at-mount.patch
ext3-handle-corrupted-orphan-list-at-mount-cleanup.patch
ext3-handle-corrupted-orphan-list-at-mount-fix.patch
ext3-handle-corrupted-orphan-list-at-mount-cleanup-fix.patch
ext3-handle-deleting-corrupted-indirect-blocks.patch
ext3-validate-directory-entry-data-before-use-v5.patch