update_next_aext() could possibly rewrite values in elen and eloc, possibly leading to data corruption when rewriting a file. Use temporary variables instead. Also advance cur_epos as it can also point to an indirect extent pointer. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara diff -rupX /home/jack/.kerndiffexclude linux-2.6.22-rc2/fs/udf/inode.c linux-2.6.22-rc2-1-udf_data_corruption/fs/udf/inode.c --- linux-2.6.22-rc2/fs/udf/inode.c 2007-05-24 18:00:05.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.22-rc2-1-udf_data_corruption/fs/udf/inode.c 2007-05-24 18:16:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ static struct buffer_head * inode_getblk kernel_long_ad laarr[EXTENT_MERGE_SIZE]; struct extent_position prev_epos, cur_epos, next_epos; int count = 0, startnum = 0, endnum = 0; - uint32_t elen = 0; - kernel_lb_addr eloc; + uint32_t elen = 0, tmpelen; + kernel_lb_addr eloc, tmpeloc; int c = 1; loff_t lbcount = 0, b_off = 0; uint32_t newblocknum, newblock; @@ -520,8 +520,12 @@ static struct buffer_head * inode_getblk b_off -= lbcount; offset = b_off >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits; - /* Move into indirect extent if we are at a pointer to it */ - udf_next_aext(inode, &prev_epos, &eloc, &elen, 0); + /* + * Move prev_epos and cur_epos into indirect extent if we are at + * the pointer to it + */ + udf_next_aext(inode, &prev_epos, &tmpeloc, &tmpelen, 0); + udf_next_aext(inode, &cur_epos, &tmpeloc, &tmpelen, 0); /* if the extent is allocated and recorded, return the block if the extent is not a multiple of the blocksize, round up */