On Aug 27, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There's a pretty clear buffer overflow in pf_batch_read() but I'm having
> a hard time wrapping my head around what it's supposed to be doing:
>
Head wrapped sufficiently now, I'll send a patch to fix it tomorrow.
-Eric
> <snip>
> num = 0;
> if (which == PF_SECONDARY) {
> bplist[0] = btree_find(args->io_queue, 0, &fsbno);
> max_fsbno = MIN(fsbno + pf_max_fsbs,
> args->last_bno_read);
> } else {
> bplist[0] = btree_find(args->io_queue,
> args->last_bno_read, &fsbno);
> max_fsbno = fsbno + pf_max_fsbs;
> }
> while (bplist[num] && num < MAX_BUFS && fsbno < max_fsbno) {
> if (which != PF_META_ONLY ||
> !B_IS_INODE(XFS_BUF_PRIORITY(bplist[num])))
> num++;
> bplist[num] = btree_lookup_next(args->io_queue,
> &fsbno);
> }
> <snip>
>
> That while loop is busted; we can increase num from (MAX_BUFS-1) to MAX_BUFS,
> and then index the bplist array with MAX_BUFS, which is 1 past its end -
> this corrupts memory. Derp!
>
> But I'm just not grokking what this is supposed to be doing.
>
> If we come in w/ (which == PF_META_ONLY) we'll immediately overwrite
> bplist[0] set in the if/else case above. It all seems weird.
> Anybody understand this offhand or should I just keep digging?
>
> -Eric
>
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