linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Fix another bug in hfsplus when reading a corrupted image

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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:21:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] Fix another bug in hfsplus when reading a corrupted
 image

Hi,

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Eric Sesterhenn wrote:

> Problem is that there is no ext_tree, causing the NULL-pointer
> dereference in hfsplus_init(). This fixes the issue by checking the ext_tree in
> hfsplus_get_block() and aborting early enoug.

The problem is worse, a corrupted extent for the extent file itself may 
try to get an impossible extent, causing a deadlock if I see it correctly.
A better fix would be to check the inode number after the first_blocks 
checks and fail if it's the extent file, as according to the spec the 
extent file should have no extent for itself.

bye, Roman
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