Re: [PATCH] sunrpc: fix a missing check of xdr_inline_decode

[Chuck Lever]

> On Dec 25, 2018, at 10:18 PM, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> xdr_inline_decode() could fail.

NAK: xdr_inline_decode cannot fail if its second argument is zero.


> When it fails, the return value is NULL
> and should not be dereferenced.
> The fix checks if xdr_inline_decode fails, and if so, returns.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
> index e5b367a3e517..bd9be5272ef4 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
> @@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ void rpcrdma_bc_receive_call(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
> 	__be32 *p;
> 
> 	p = xdr_inline_decode(&rep->rr_stream, 0);
> +	if (unlikely(!p))
> +		goto out_overflow;
> 	size = xdr_stream_remaining(&rep->rr_stream);
> 
> #ifdef RPCRDMA_BACKCHANNEL_DEBUG
> -- 
> 2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)
> 

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Chuck Lever