From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
To: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>,
Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@oracle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>
Cc: <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] xdrgen: Fix opaque and string encoders for unbounded members
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:31:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260712193122.116845-6-cel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260712193122.116845-1-cel@kernel.org>
The variable-length opaque and string encoder templates emit an
unconditional bound check, "if (value->NAME.len > MAXSIZE) return
false". XDR represents an unbounded specifier (opaque foo<>, string
foo<>) as a maxsize of 0, so for an unbounded member the check
degenerates to "len > 0" and the generated encoder refuses every
non-empty value.
The decoder does not share this defect. It delegates to
xdrgen_decode_opaque() and xdrgen_decode_string(), which treat a
maxlen of 0 as unbounded and skip the length check. The sibling
variable-length array templates already guard their bound check
with maxsize != "0".
Guard the bound check the same way in each affected template -- the
struct and pointer forms of both the opaque and string encoders --
so an unbounded member encodes a payload of any length while a
bounded member keeps its limit.
An explicit zero-length bound (foo<0>) parses to the same maxsize of
0 and so also skips the check; xdrgen does not distinguish it from
the unbounded form, matching the decoder and the array encoders.
Fixes: 4b132aacb076 ("tools: Add xdrgen")
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/string.j2 | 2 ++
.../templates/C/pointer/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2 | 2 ++
tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/string.j2 | 2 ++
.../xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2 | 2 ++
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/string.j2 b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/string.j2
index cf65b71eaef3..7ddc2bf3edac 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/string.j2
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/string.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
{% if annotate %}
/* member {{ name }} (variable-length string) */
{% endif %}
+{% if maxsize != "0" %}
if (value->{{ name }}.len > {{ maxsize }})
return false;
+{% endif %}
if (xdr_stream_encode_opaque(xdr, value->{{ name }}.data, value->{{ name }}.len) < 0)
return false;
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2 b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2
index 1d477c2d197a..5bf00070ae95 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/pointer/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
{% if annotate %}
/* member {{ name }} (variable-length opaque) */
{% endif %}
+{% if maxsize != "0" %}
if (value->{{ name }}.len > {{ maxsize }})
return false;
+{% endif %}
if (xdr_stream_encode_opaque(xdr, value->{{ name }}.data, value->{{ name }}.len) < 0)
return false;
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/string.j2 b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/string.j2
index cf65b71eaef3..7ddc2bf3edac 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/string.j2
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/string.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
{% if annotate %}
/* member {{ name }} (variable-length string) */
{% endif %}
+{% if maxsize != "0" %}
if (value->{{ name }}.len > {{ maxsize }})
return false;
+{% endif %}
if (xdr_stream_encode_opaque(xdr, value->{{ name }}.data, value->{{ name }}.len) < 0)
return false;
diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2 b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2
index 1d477c2d197a..5bf00070ae95 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/struct/encoder/variable_length_opaque.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
{% if annotate %}
/* member {{ name }} (variable-length opaque) */
{% endif %}
+{% if maxsize != "0" %}
if (value->{{ name }}.len > {{ maxsize }})
return false;
+{% endif %}
if (xdr_stream_encode_opaque(xdr, value->{{ name }}.data, value->{{ name }}.len) < 0)
return false;
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-12 19:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-12 19:31 [PATCH 0/5] Minor fixes for xdrgen Chuck Lever
2026-07-12 19:31 ` [PATCH 1/5] xdrgen: Emit a blank line ahead of enum declarations Chuck Lever
2026-07-12 19:31 ` [PATCH 2/5] xdrgen: Share void RPC procedure handlers across programs Chuck Lever
2026-07-12 19:31 ` [PATCH 3/5] xdrgen: Do not declare union XDR functions in the definitions header Chuck Lever
2026-07-12 19:31 ` [PATCH 4/5] xdrgen: Add XDR width macros for short integer types Chuck Lever
2026-07-12 19:31 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
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