RE: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix an error code in ntfs_get_acl_ex()

From: Konstantin Komarov
Date: Fri Aug 27 2021 - 13:18:03 EST


> From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 8:07 PM
> To: Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ntfs3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel-
> janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix an error code in ntfs_get_acl_ex()
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 07:38:51PM +0300, Kari Argillander wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 02:48:58PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> > > index 9239c388050e..e8ed38d0c4c9 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> > > +++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> > > @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static struct posix_acl *ntfs_get_acl_ex(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
> > > ni_unlock(ni);
> > >
> > > /* Translate extended attribute to acl */
> > > - if (err > 0) {
> > > + if (err >= 0) {
> >
> > So now if err (size) is 0 it will try to get acl. Didn't you just say
> > that you want to return PTR_ERR(-EINVAL)?
> >
>
> If you pass an invalid too short size to posix_acl_from_xattr() then it
> returns PTR_ERR(-EINVAL). It was hard to phrase this in the change log
> but I feel like length of 1 and 0 should be treated the same.
>
>
> > So overall good finding but maybe more work is needed with this one.
> >
> > > acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(mnt_userns, buf, err);
> > > if (!IS_ERR(acl))
> > > set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>

Applied, thanks!