In ext4_xattr_set_handle() we have checked the xattr name's length. So we should also check it in ext4_xattr_get() to avoid unneeded lookup caused by invalid name. In addition, we deleted the check of NULL in ext4_xattr_set_handle(), because in all the callers of the ext4_xattr_set_handle(), the name can't be NULL. Signed-off-by: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/xattr.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c index 1f5cf58..340bdfa 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ ext4_xattr_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name, { int error; + if (strlen(name) > 255) + return -ERANGE; + down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem); error = ext4_xattr_ibody_get(inode, name_index, name, buffer, buffer_size); @@ -1073,8 +1076,6 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index, unsigned long no_expand; int error; - if (!name) - return -EINVAL; if (strlen(name) > 255) return -ERANGE; down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem); -- 1.8.5.5 . -- 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