3.6.11.3 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Sachin Prabhu [ Upstream commit c369c9a4a7c82d33329d869cbaf93304cc7a0c40 ] Fixes a regression in cifs_parse_mount_options where a password which begins with a delimitor is parsed incorrectly as being a blank password. Signed-off-by: Sachin Prabhu Acked-by: Jeff Layton Cc: Signed-off-by: Steve French Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- fs/cifs/connect.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index b39bb4a..487db09 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -1489,14 +1489,24 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname, } break; case Opt_blank_pass: - vol->password = NULL; - break; - case Opt_pass: /* passwords have to be handled differently * to allow the character used for deliminator * to be passed within them */ + /* + * Check if this is a case where the password + * starts with a delimiter + */ + tmp_end = strchr(data, '='); + tmp_end++; + if (!(tmp_end < end && tmp_end[1] == delim)) { + /* No it is not. Set the password to NULL */ + vol->password = NULL; + break; + } + /* Yes it is. Drop down to Opt_pass below.*/ + case Opt_pass: /* Obtain the value string */ value = strchr(data, '='); value++; -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/