Hi, When reading corrupted reiserfs directory data, d_reclen could be a negative number or a big positive number, this can lead to kernel panic or oop. The following patch adds a sanity check. (against 2.6.20.4)
Signed-off-by: Lepton Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -X linux-2.6.22.6-lepton/Documentation/dontdiff -pru linux-2.6.22.6/fs/reiserfs/dir.c linux-2.6.22.6-lepton/fs/reiserfs/dir.c --- linux-2.6.22.6/fs/reiserfs/dir.c 2007-09-14 17:41:15.000000000 +0800 +++ linux-2.6.22.6-lepton/fs/reiserfs/dir.c 2007-09-14 18:02:10.000000000 +0800 @@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ static int reiserfs_readdir(struct file continue; d_reclen = entry_length(bh, ih, entry_num); d_name = B_I_DEH_ENTRY_FILE_NAME(bh, ih, deh); + + if (d_reclen <= 0 || + d_name + d_reclen > bh->b_data + bh->b_size) { + /* There is corrupted data in entry, + * We'd better stop here */ + pathrelse(&path_to_entry); + ret = -EIO; + goto out; + } + if (!d_name[d_reclen - 1]) d_reclen = strlen(d_name); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/