The maxcount is the maximum number of bytes for the LISTXATTRS4resok result. This includes the cookie and the count for the name array, thus subtract 12 bytes from the maxcount: 8 (cookie) + 4 (array count) when filling up the name array. Fixes: 23e50fe3a5e6 ("nfsd: implement the xattr functions and en/decode logic") Signed-off-by: Jorge Mora <mora@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c index 92c7dde148a4..17e6404f4296 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c @@ -5168,7 +5168,8 @@ nfsd4_encode_listxattrs(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, __be32 nfserr, sp = listxattrs->lsxa_buf; nuser = 0; - xdrleft = listxattrs->lsxa_maxcount; + /* Bytes left is maxcount - 8 (cookie) - 4 (array count) */ + xdrleft = listxattrs->lsxa_maxcount - 12; while (left > 0 && xdrleft > 0) { slen = strlen(sp); -- 2.43.0