6c2190b3fc
Certain NFSv4.2/RDMA tests fail with v5.9-rc1.
rpcrdma_convert_kvec() runs off the end of the rl_segments array
because rq_rcv_buf.tail[0].iov_len holds a very large positive
value. The resultant kernel memory corruption is enough to crash
the client system.
Callers of rpc_prepare_reply_pages() must reserve an extra XDR_UNIT
in the maximum decode size for a possible XDR pad of the contents
of the xdr_buf's pages. That guarantees the allocated receive buffer
will be large enough to accommodate the usual contents plus that XDR
pad word.
encode_op_hdr() cannot add that extra word. If it does,
xdr_inline_pages() underruns the length of the tail iovec.
Fixes: 3e1f02123fba ("NFSv4.2: add client side XDR handling for extended attributes")
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.