netdev - Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Prevent kernel stack corruption on long values of flush

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Message-ID: <CA+1xoqcgWTP8pAY3Ok2R0JM-ZXSkGroEvAFcqP0KaK=dABiTXA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:59:39 -0400
From:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com, davem@...emloft.net, davej@...hat.com,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Prevent kernel stack corruption on long values of flush

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:39 PM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@...ldses.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:01:26AM +0200, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> The buffer size in read_flush() is too small for the longest possible values
>> for it. This can lead to a kernel stack corruption:
>
> Thanks!

I've just stumbled on this crash again, and noticed that this patch
never made it in.

Was it just a mixup, or is something still missing?


Thanks,
Sasha
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