Re: [PATCH] CIFS: Fix memory over bound bug in cifs_parse_mount_options

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On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:00:56 +0400
Pavel Shilovsky <piastry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> While password processing we can get out of options array bound if
> the next character after array is delimiter. The patch adds a check
> if we reach the end.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/cifs/connect.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> index db9d55b..4bc862a 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> @@ -807,8 +807,7 @@ static int
>  cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
>  			 struct smb_vol *vol)
>  {
> -	char *value;
> -	char *data;
> +	char *value, *data, *end;
>  	unsigned int  temp_len, i, j;
>  	char separator[2];
>  	short int override_uid = -1;
> @@ -851,6 +850,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
>  	if (!options)
>  		return 1;
>  
> +	end = options + strlen(options);
>  	if (strncmp(options, "sep=", 4) == 0) {
>  		if (options[4] != 0) {
>  			separator[0] = options[4];
> @@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
>  			the only illegal character in a password is null */
>  
>  			if ((value[temp_len] == 0) &&
> +			    (value + temp_len < end) &&
>  			    (value[temp_len+1] == separator[0])) {
>  				/* reinsert comma */
>  				value[temp_len] = separator[0];

Ok, looks plausible. This code to parse out the password really makes
me want to vomit though. It would be nice to clean that up.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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