linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 03/39] libext2fs: directory iteration mustn't walk off the buffer end

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Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 2014 11:37:15 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	Sami Liedes <sami.liedes@....fi>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/39] libext2fs: directory iteration mustn't walk off
 the buffer end

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 01:56:42PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> When we're iterating a directory, the loop control code reads the
> length of the next directory record, failing to account for the fact
> that there must be at least 8 bytes (the minimum size of a directory
> entry) left in the buffer to read the next directory record.  Fix the
> loop conditional so that we don't read off the end of the buffer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> Reported-by: Sami Liedes <sami.liedes@....fi>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
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