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From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Trond.Myklebust-HgOvQuBEEgTQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org,
	davej-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Prevent kernel stack corruption on long values of flush
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:02:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121017190233.GA8630@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+1xoqcgWTP8pAY3Ok2R0JM-ZXSkGroEvAFcqP0KaK=dABiTXA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 01:59:39PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:39 PM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:01:26AM +0200, Sasha Levin wrote:
> >> The buffer size in read_flush() is too small for the longest possible values
> >> for it. This can lead to a kernel stack corruption:
> >
> > Thanks!
> 
> I've just stumbled on this crash again, and noticed that this patch
> never made it in.
> 
> Was it just a mixup, or is something still missing?

Oh, man, I guess I got distracted by the subsequent base10len()
discussion.

Added to my for-3.7 branch, I'll push that out after some tests and
hopefully send in a pull request tomorrow.

Thanks for noticing the ommission.

--b.
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-17 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-16 22:01 [PATCH] SUNRPC: Prevent kernel stack corruption on long values of flush Sasha Levin
2012-07-18 17:39 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-07-18 20:00   ` Jim Rees
     [not found]     ` <20120718200049.GA17964-63aXycvo3TyHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-18 20:33       ` Dave Jones
     [not found]         ` <20120718203304.GA18540-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-18 20:55           ` Jim Rees
     [not found]             ` <20120718205510.GA18374-63aXycvo3TyHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-17 18:29               ` Boaz Harrosh
     [not found]                 ` <507EF918.5030004-C4P08NqkoRlBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-18  8:34                   ` David Laight
2012-07-18 21:08       ` J. Bruce Fields
     [not found]         ` <50072BA7.6070205@gmail.com>
     [not found]           ` <50072BA7.6070205-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-18 21:43             ` Sasha Levin
     [not found]               ` <50072DEE.2000205-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-18 23:04                 ` Jim Rees
     [not found]   ` <20120718173913.GA1298-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-17 17:59     ` Sasha Levin
     [not found]       ` <CA+1xoqcgWTP8pAY3Ok2R0JM-ZXSkGroEvAFcqP0KaK=dABiTXA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-17 19:02         ` J. Bruce Fields [this message]

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