linux-kernel - [PATCH, v5] eCryptfs: check readlink result was not an error before using it

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Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:47:10 +0000
From:	"Duane Griffin" <duaneg@...da.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>,
	Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@...onical.com>,
	ecryptfs-devel@...ts.launchpad.net
Subject: [PATCH, v5] eCryptfs: check readlink result was not an error before using it

The result from readlink is being used to index into the link name
buffer without checking whether it is a valid length. If readlink
returns an error this will fault or cause memory corruption.

Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@...onical.com>
Cc: ecryptfs-devel@...ts.launchpad.net
Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>
Acked-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...ibm.com>
---

Unchanged from original version.

 fs/ecryptfs/inode.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 89209f0..5e78fc1 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -673,10 +673,11 @@ static void *ecryptfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Calling readlink w/ "
 			"dentry->d_name.name = [%s]\n", dentry->d_name.name);
 	rc = dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink(dentry, (char __user *)buf, len);
-	buf[rc] = '\0';
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out_free;
+	else
+		buf[rc] = '\0';
 	rc = 0;
 	nd_set_link(nd, buf);
 	goto out;
-- 
1.6.0.4

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