linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NFS4: Avoid potential NULL pointer dereference in decode_and_add

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Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:42:26 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Fred Isaman <iisaman@...app.com>
cc:	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFS4: Avoid potential NULL pointer dereference in
 decode_and_add_ds().

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Fred Isaman wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net> wrote:
> > strrchr() can return NULL if nothing is found. If this happens we'll
> > dereference a NULL pointer in
> > fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c::decode_and_add_ds().
> >
> > I tried to find some other code that guarantees that this can never
> > happen but I was unsuccessful. So, unless someone else can point to some
> > code that ensures this can never be a problem, I believe this patch is
> > needed.
> >
> 
> The only guarantee is the assumption that the server isn't sending
> garbage.  As such, this patch looks good to me.
> 

Thanks. Can I add your Acked-by: if/when I resend the patch?

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