Re: [PATCH] ext4: verify extent header depth

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On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 08:54:47PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> So we could arbitrarily limit eh_depth to say, 32 levels, or some
> such.  That will prevent the malicious corruption, while also making
> it very difficult for the malicious fallocate/punch hole workload
> scenario to be triggered.

I've decided to apply your patch with the limit raised to 32.  That
should be enough to prevent the malicious corruption cases.

       	  	    	    		  - Ted
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