linux-kernel - [Patch] hfs: fix namelength memory corruption

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Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:35:05 +0200
From:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [Patch] hfs: fix namelength memory corruption

hi,

this is basically the same as
hfsplus-fix-buffer-overflow-with-a-corrupted-image.patch.
We use the length parameter for a memcopy without checking it and
thereby corruption memory. 

Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>

--- linux/fs/hfs/catalog.c.orig	2008-09-08 15:20:15.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/fs/hfs/catalog.c	2008-09-08 15:21:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ int hfs_cat_find_brec(struct super_block
 
 	fd->search_key->cat.ParID = rec.thread.ParID;
 	len = fd->search_key->cat.CName.len = rec.thread.CName.len;
+	if (len > HFS_NAMELEN) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: bad catalog namelength\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
 	memcpy(fd->search_key->cat.CName.name, rec.thread.CName.name, len);
 	return hfs_brec_find(fd);
 }
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