Before we try to stash it in the dcache, we need to at least check that the filename passed to us by the server is non-empty and doesn't contain any illegal '\0' or '/' characters. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index 578c8ce1aca1..f20460711546 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -496,6 +496,14 @@ void nfs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct nfs_entry *entry) return; if (!(entry->fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_FSID)) return; + if (filename.len == 0) + return; + /* Validate that the name doesn't contain any illegal '\0' */ + if (strnlen(filename.name, filename.len) != filename.len) + return; + /* ...or '/' */ + if (strnchr(filename.name, filename.len, '/')) + return; if (filename.name[0] == '.') { if (filename.len == 1) return; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html