linux-kernel - [PATCH] ext3: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminated

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Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:51:56 +0000
From:	"Duane Griffin" <duaneg@...da.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Tweedie <sct@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ext3: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminated

Ensure fast symlink targets are NUL-terminated, even if corrupted
on-disk.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Stephen Tweedie <sct@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>
---
 fs/ext3/inode.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index f8424ad..24aacdf 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 
@@ -2817,9 +2818,11 @@ struct inode *ext3_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_op = &ext3_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
+		if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
 			inode->i_op = &ext3_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-		else {
+			nd_terminate_link(ei->i_data, inode->i_size,
+				sizeof(ei->i_data));
+		} else {
 			inode->i_op = &ext3_symlink_inode_operations;
 			ext3_set_aops(inode);
 		}
-- 
1.6.0.4

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