Re: [PATCH] libext2fs: write only core inode in update_path()

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>]

Theodore Tso wrote:

>
> Probably it would be better/simpler to replace this with:
>
> 		retval = ext2fs_write_inode(handle->fs, handle->ino,
> 					    handle->inode);
>
> 							- Ted
>   
Sure, that makes more sense, revised below:

libext2fs: write only core inode in update_path()

The ext2_extent_handle only has a struct ext2_inode allocated on
it, and the same amount copied into it in that same function, 
but in update_path() we're possibly writing out more than that - 
for example 256 bytes, from that address.  This causes uninitialized 
memory to get  written to disk, overwriting the parts of the 
inode past the osd2 member (the end of the smaller structure).

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/extent.c b/lib/ext2fs/extent.c
index b7eb617..15ce302 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/extent.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/extent.c
@@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ static errcode_t update_path(ext2_extent_handle_t handle)
 	struct ext3_extent_idx		*ix;
 
 	if (handle->level == 0) {
-		retval = ext2fs_write_inode_full(handle->fs, handle->ino,
-			   handle->inode, EXT2_INODE_SIZE(handle->fs->super));
+		retval = ext2fs_write_inode(handle->fs, handle->ino,
+				   handle->inode);
 	} else {
 		ix = handle->path[handle->level - 1].curr;
 		blk = ext2fs_le32_to_cpu(ix->ei_leaf) +