linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Avoid uninitialized memory references in ext3_htree_next

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Date:	Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:27:37 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Avoid uninitialized memory references in ext3_htree_next_block()

On 2010-10-16, at 17:37, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> @@ -870,6 +871,16 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct 
> +	if ((namelen < 2) && (name[0] == '.') &&
> +	    (name[1] == '.' || name[1] == '0')) {

Shouldn't this be "namelen <= 2"?  Otherwise it won't actually match "..".

Cheers, Andreas





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