From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
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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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prev 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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