Re: [PATCH] dlm: reject wrapped messages with oversized inner lengths

From: Jérémy Jean

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 14:17:13 EST


On 2026-08-18 21:19, Alexander Aring wrote:
Hi,

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 10:28 AM Jérémy Jean
<Jeremy.Jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Reject DLM_OPTS packets whose wrapped inner message length exceeds the
bytes remaining inside the validated outer packet. This keeps malformed
wrapped RCOM replies from reaching downstream length-driven copies.

Fixes: 489d8e559c65 ("fs: dlm: add reliable connection if reconnect")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean <Jeremy.Jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

- Alex

Hello,

Has anyone had time to check or process this further?
Current commit on master still has the issue.

Regards,
Jérémy