RE: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix an error code in ntfs_get_acl_ex()

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> From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 8:07 PM
> To: Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ntfs3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel-
> janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix an error code in ntfs_get_acl_ex()
> 
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 07:38:51PM +0300, Kari Argillander wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 02:48:58PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> > > index 9239c388050e..e8ed38d0c4c9 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> > > +++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> > > @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static struct posix_acl *ntfs_get_acl_ex(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
> > >  		ni_unlock(ni);
> > >
> > >  	/* Translate extended attribute to acl */
> > > -	if (err > 0) {
> > > +	if (err >= 0) {
> >
> > So now if err (size) is 0 it will try to get acl. Didn't you just say
> > that you want to return PTR_ERR(-EINVAL)?
> >
> 
> If you pass an invalid too short size to posix_acl_from_xattr() then it
> returns PTR_ERR(-EINVAL).  It was hard to phrase this in the change log
> but I feel like length of 1 and 0 should be treated the same.
> 
> 
> > So overall good finding but maybe more work is needed with this one.
> >
> > >  		acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(mnt_userns, buf, err);
> > >  		if (!IS_ERR(acl))
> > >  			set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 

Applied, thanks!




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