linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.16 65/68] getname_kernel() needs to make sure that ->name != ->iname in long case

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Message-Id: <20180417155751.980482572@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:58:18 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 4.16 65/68] getname_kernel() needs to make sure that ->name != ->iname in long case

4.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

commit 30ce4d1903e1d8a7ccd110860a5eef3c638ed8be upstream.

missed it in "kill struct filename.separate" several years ago.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/namei.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ getname_kernel(const char * filename)
 	if (len <= EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX) {
 		result->name = (char *)result->iname;
 	} else if (len <= PATH_MAX) {
+		const size_t size = offsetof(struct filename, iname[1]);
 		struct filename *tmp;
 
-		tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL);
+		tmp = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (unlikely(!tmp)) {
 			__putname(result);
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);