ext4: validate directory entry data before use
authorDuane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com>
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:27:31 +0000 (19:27 -0400)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:27:31 +0000 (19:27 -0400)
ext4_dx_find_entry uses ext4_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 ext4_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 <duaneg@dghda.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/namei.c

index ab16beaa830d3814250146d044f8d2c4a59c7dd4..384f1222602a8037690048185f026007964ee1f3 100644 (file)
@@ -993,19 +993,21 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_dx_find_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
                de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
                top = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) ((char *) de + sb->s_blocksize -
                                       EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(0));
-               for (; de < top; de = ext4_next_entry(de))
-               if (ext4_match (namelen, name, de)) {
-                       if (!ext4_check_dir_entry("ext4_find_entry",
-                                                 dir, de, bh,
-                                 (block<<EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb))
-                                         +((char *)de - bh->b_data))) {
-                               brelse (bh);
+               for (; de < top; de = ext4_next_entry(de)) {
+                       int off = (block << EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb))
+                                 + ((char *) de - bh->b_data);
+
+                       if (!ext4_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 (ext4_match(namelen, name, de)) {
+                               *res_dir = de;
+                               dx_release(frames);
+                               return bh;
+                       }
                }
                brelse (bh);
                /* Check to see if we should continue to search */