linux-kernel - [11/19] befs: Validate length of long symbolic links.

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Date:	Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:58:32 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Timo Warns <warns@...-sense.de>
Subject: [11/19] befs: Validate length of long symbolic links.

2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Timo Warns <Warns@...-sense.de>

commit 338d0f0a6fbc82407864606f5b64b75aeb3c70f2 upstream.

Signed-off-by: Timo Warns <warns@...-sense.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 fs/befs/linuxvfs.c |   23 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -469,17 +469,22 @@ befs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 		befs_data_stream *data = &befs_ino->i_data.ds;
 		befs_off_t len = data->size;
 
-		befs_debug(sb, "Follow long symlink");
-
-		link = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!link) {
-			link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		} else if (befs_read_lsymlink(sb, data, link, len) != len) {
-			kfree(link);
-			befs_error(sb, "Failed to read entire long symlink");
+		if (len == 0) {
+			befs_error(sb, "Long symlink with illegal length");
 			link = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		} else {
-			link[len - 1] = '\0';
+			befs_debug(sb, "Follow long symlink");
+
+			link = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
+			if (!link) {
+				link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+			} else if (befs_read_lsymlink(sb, data, link, len) != len) {
+				kfree(link);
+				befs_error(sb, "Failed to read entire long symlink");
+				link = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+			} else {
+				link[len - 1] = '\0';
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		link = befs_ino->i_data.symlink;


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