Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Ted,
> the attached patch adds an extra validity test in check_ext_attr(). If
> an attribute's e_value_size is zero the current code does not allocate
> a region for it and as a result the e_value_offs value is not verified.
> However, if e_value_offs is very large then the later call to
> ext2fs_ext_attr_hash_entry() can dereference bad memory and crash e2fsck.
Did this patch get lost? Don't see it in Hg...
Thanks,
-Eric
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Signed-off-by: Jim Garlick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> =========================== e_value_offs.patch ============================
>
> Index: e2fsprogs-1.39/e2fsck/pass1.c
> ===================================================================
> --- e2fsprogs-1.39.orig/e2fsck/pass1.c 2007-02-10 15:43:36.000000000
> +0530
> +++ e2fsprogs-1.39/e2fsck/pass1.c 2007-02-10 15:45:36.000000000 +0530
> @@ -1346,6 +1347,11 @@
> if (fix_problem(ctx, PR_1_EA_BAD_VALUE, pctx))
> goto clear_extattr;
> }
> + if (entry->e_value_offs + entry->e_value_size > fs->blocksize) {
> + if (fix_problem(ctx, PR_1_EA_BAD_VALUE, pctx))
> + goto clear_extattr;
> + break;
> + }
> if (entry->e_value_size &&
> region_allocate(region, entry->e_value_offs,
> EXT2_EXT_ATTR_SIZE(entry->e_value_size))) {
> =========================== e_value_offs.patch ============================
>
> Cheers, Andreas
> --
> Andreas Dilger
> Principal Software Engineer
> Cluster File Systems, Inc.
>
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