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 <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- 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 12b3da3..f7199b9 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -1546,14 +1546,24 @@ 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++; -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html