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

From: Alexander Aring

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 15:20:38 EST


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