The patch titled V3 minixfs: add missing directory type checking has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is v3-minixfs-add-missing-directory-type-checking.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: V3 minixfs: add missing directory type checking From: "Doug Graham" <dgraham@xxxxxxxxxx> There are a few places in the Minix FS code where the "inode" field of a minix_dir_entry is used without checking first to see if the dirent is really a minix3_dir_entry. The inode number in a V1/V2 dirent is 16 bits, whereas that in a V3 dirent is 32 bits. Accessing it as a 16 bit field when it really should be accessed as a 32 bit field probably kinda sorta works on a little-endian machine, but leads to some rather odd behaviour on big-endian machines. Signed-off-by: Doug Graham <dgraham@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/minix/dir.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/minix/dir.c~v3-minixfs-add-missing-directory-type-checking fs/minix/dir.c --- a/fs/minix/dir.c~v3-minixfs-add-missing-directory-type-checking +++ a/fs/minix/dir.c @@ -308,14 +308,18 @@ int minix_delete_entry(struct minix_dir_ struct inode *inode = (struct inode*)mapping->host; char *kaddr = page_address(page); loff_t pos = page_offset(page) + (char*)de - kaddr; - unsigned len = minix_sb(inode->i_sb)->s_dirsize; + struct minix_sb_info *sbi = minix_sb(inode->i_sb); + unsigned len = sbi->s_dirsize; int err; lock_page(page); err = __minix_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, len, AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL); if (err == 0) { - de->inode = 0; + if (sbi->s_version == MINIX_V3) + ((minix3_dirent *) de)->inode = 0; + else + de->inode = 0; err = dir_commit_chunk(page, pos, len); } else { unlock_page(page); @@ -440,7 +444,10 @@ void minix_set_link(struct minix_dir_ent err = __minix_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, sbi->s_dirsize, AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL); if (err == 0) { - de->inode = inode->i_ino; + if (sbi->s_version == MINIX_V3) + ((minix3_dirent *) de)->inode = inode->i_ino; + else + de->inode = inode->i_ino; err = dir_commit_chunk(page, pos, sbi->s_dirsize); } else { unlock_page(page); @@ -470,7 +477,14 @@ ino_t minix_inode_by_name(struct dentry ino_t res = 0; if (de) { - res = de->inode; + struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping; + struct inode *inode = (struct inode*)mapping->host; + struct minix_sb_info *sbi = minix_sb(inode->i_sb); + + if (sbi->s_version == MINIX_V3) + res = ((minix3_dirent *) de)->inode; + else + res = de->inode; dir_put_page(page); } return res; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dgraham@xxxxxxxxxx are v3-minixfs-add-missing-directory-type-checking.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html