3.16.46-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 71d6ad08379304128e4bdfaf0b4185d54375423e upstream. Don't assume that server is sane and won't return more data than asked for. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/9p/client.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/net/9p/client.c +++ b/net/9p/client.c @@ -2107,6 +2107,10 @@ int p9_client_readdir(struct p9_fid *fid trace_9p_protocol_dump(clnt, req->rc); goto free_and_error; } + if (rsize < count) { + pr_err("bogus RREADDIR count (%d > %d)\n", count, rsize); + count = rsize; + } p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RREADDIR count %d\n", count);