linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix integer overflow in fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs

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Date:	Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:54:36 +1100
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	wzt.wzt@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs-masters@....sgi.com,
	aelder@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix integer overflow in
 fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl*.c

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:19:47AM +0800, wzt.wzt@...il.com wrote:
> The am_hreq.opcount field in the xfs_attrmulti_by_handle() interface
> is not bounded correctly. The opcount is used to determine the size
> of the buffer required. The size is bounded, but can overflow and so
> the size checks may not be sufficient to catch invalid opcounts.
> Fix it by catching opcount values that would cause overflows before
> calculating the size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhitong Wang <zhitong.wangzt@...baba-inc.com>

Looks good now. I'll queue it up with all the other pending changes
I have.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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