linux-kernel - [PATCH] vfs: introduce helper function to safely NUL-terminate symlinks

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Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:51:53 +0000
From:	"Duane Griffin" <duaneg@...da.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] vfs: introduce helper function to safely NUL-terminate symlinks

A number of filesystems were potentially triggering kernel bugs due to
corrupted symlink names on disk. This helper helps safely terminate the
names.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>
---
 include/linux/namei.h |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 99eb803..231ce28 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -94,4 +94,9 @@ static inline char *nd_get_link(struct nameidata *nd)
 	return nd->saved_names[nd->depth];
 }
 
+static inline void nd_terminate_link(void *name, unsigned len, unsigned maxlen)
+{
+	((char *) name)[min(len, maxlen)] = '\0';
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_NAMEI_H */
-- 
1.6.0.4

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