The patch titled ext3: ensure link targets are NULL-terminated has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was ext3-ensure-link-targets-are-null-terminated.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ext3: ensure link targets are NULL-terminated From: "Duane Griffin" <duaneg@xxxxxxxxx> Ensure link targets are NUL-terminated, even if corrupted on-disk. Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext3/inode.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext3/inode.c~ext3-ensure-link-targets-are-null-terminated fs/ext3/inode.c --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c~ext3-ensure-link-targets-are-null-terminated +++ a/fs/ext3/inode.c @@ -2817,9 +2817,10 @@ struct inode *ext3_iget(struct super_blo inode->i_op = &ext3_dir_inode_operations; inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations; } else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) { - if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) + if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) { inode->i_op = &ext3_fast_symlink_inode_operations; - else { + ((char *) ei->i_data)[inode->i_size] = '\0'; + } else { inode->i_op = &ext3_symlink_inode_operations; ext3_set_aops(inode); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from duaneg@xxxxxxxxx are ext4-dont-inherit-inappropriate-inode-flags-from-parent.patch ext4-tighten-restrictions-on-inode-flags.patch ext2-dont-inherit-inappropriate-inode-flags-from-parent.patch ext2-tighten-restrictions-on-inode-flags.patch ext3-dont-inherit-inappropriate-inode-flags-from-parent.patch ext3-tighten-restrictions-on-inode-flags.patch ext3-ensure-link-targets-are-null-terminated.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html