The patch titled Decompressors: fix header validation in decompress_unlzma.c has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is decompressors-fix-header-validation-in-decompress_unlzmac.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: Decompressors: fix header validation in decompress_unlzma.c From: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Validation of header.pos calls error() but doesn't make the function return to indicate an error to the caller. Instead the decoding is attempted with invalid header.pos. This fixes it. Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alain Knaff <alain@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Phillip Lougher <phillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/decompress_unlzma.c | 4 +++- lib/decompress_unlzma.c.orig | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/decompress_unlzma.c~decompressors-fix-header-validation-in-decompress_unlzmac lib/decompress_unlzma.c --- a/lib/decompress_unlzma.c~decompressors-fix-header-validation-in-decompress_unlzmac +++ a/lib/decompress_unlzma.c @@ -574,8 +574,10 @@ STATIC inline int INIT unlzma(unsigned c ((unsigned char *)&header)[i] = *rc.ptr++; } - if (header.pos >= (9 * 5 * 5)) + if (header.pos >= (9 * 5 * 5)) { error("bad header"); + goto exit_1; + } mi = 0; lc = header.pos; diff -puN lib/decompress_unlzma.c.orig~decompressors-fix-header-validation-in-decompress_unlzmac lib/decompress_unlzma.c.orig --- a/lib/decompress_unlzma.c.orig~decompressors-fix-header-validation-in-decompress_unlzmac +++ a/lib/decompress_unlzma.c.orig @@ -574,10 +574,8 @@ STATIC inline int INIT unlzma(unsigned c ((unsigned char *)&header)[i] = *rc.ptr++; } - if (header.pos >= (9 * 5 * 5)) { + if (header.pos >= (9 * 5 * 5)) error("bad header"); - goto exit_1; - } mi = 0; lc = header.pos; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lasse.collin@xxxxxxxxxxx are decompressors-add-missing-init-ie-__init.patch decompressors-get-rid-of-set_error_fn-macro.patch decompressors-include-linux-slabh-in-linux-decompress-mmh.patch decompressors-remove-unused-function-from-lib-decompress_unlzmac.patch decompressors-fix-header-validation-in-decompress_unlzmac.patch decompressors-check-for-read-errors-in-decompress_unlzmac.patch decompressors-check-for-write-errors-in-decompress_unlzmac.patch decompressors-validate-match-distance-in-decompress_unlzmac.patch decompressors-check-for-write-errors-in-decompress_unlzoc.patch decompressors-check-input-size-in-decompress_unlzoc.patch decompressors-fix-callback-to-callback-mode-in-decompress_unlzoc.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