Re: [PATCH] nfs: fix host_reliable_addrinfo (try #2)

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On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:50:11 -0600
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks.
> 
> This is a security problem, but I don't want to lose sight of the original cause of this bug, which was my lack of understanding of the function of the old code and the API contract (return only _one_ address).
> 
> For extra credit, we might check if statd has a similar issue when it matches addresses.
> 

I don't think statd is vulnerable, as best I can tell. I don't see any
places where we do a getnameinfo on an address and then go and use that
to get a list of addresses with getaddrinfo.

Please do double check me on this though. I go on vacation next week
and I think my brain might already have left.

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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