linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: e2fsck_handle_read_error

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Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:55:17 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, ddstreet@...ibm.com, mcao@...ibm.com,
	alexfr@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: e2fsck_handle_read_error - pass along
 negative count

On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 01:05:53PM -0700, Jim Keniston wrote:
> When passed a negative count (indicating a byte count rather than
> a block count) e2fsck_handle_read_error() treats the data as a full
> block, causing unix_write_blk64() (which can handle negative counts
> just fine) to try to write too much.  Given a faulty block device,
> this resulted in a SEGV when unix_write_blk64() read past the bottom
> of the stack copying the data to cache.  (check_backup_super_block ->
> unix_read_blk64 -> raw_read_blk -> e2fsck_handle_read_error)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mingming Cao <mcao@...ibm.com>
> Reported-by: Alex Friedman <alexfr@...ibm.com>

Thanks, applied!  I changed the one-line summary to read:

e2fsck: fix potential segv when handling a read error in a superblock

	    	      	   		 - Ted
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