Re: [PATCH] 9p: fix NULL pointer dereferences

[Dominique Martinet]

Tomas Bortoli wrote on Thu, Jul 26, 2018:
>> But I think trans=fd allows NULL addr today, no?
> 
> How ?

Just using the mount syscall with a NULL dev_name? I haven't checked
this syzcaller reproducer but it's probably what it does.

p9_fd_create doesn't use 'addr' at all so it's safe to create a 9p mount
for trans=fd with no device name, as Dmitry pointed out


> > On the other hand, virtio, rdma and xen all have the same problem, so
> > Thomas, please fix them instead :)
> 
> So just by patching v9fs_mount ?

If we want to preserve the current behaviour for trans=fd (and I don't
see why not) we just have to patch all the transports that use the
device, that is all .create functions but p9_fd_create()

Basically exactly what you did, just for a few more functions - I
apparently was a little bit too optimistic thinking we could share
this check.

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Dominique