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Re: [PATCH V2] xfsdump: prevent segfault in cb_add_inogrp

To: rjohnston@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] xfsdump: prevent segfault in cb_add_inogrp
From: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:37:47 +1000
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:36:42PM -0500, rjohnston@xxxxxxx wrote:
> The call to memset will segfault because the offset for the first
> parameter is done twice. We are using pointer math to do the
> calculation.
> The first time is when calculating oldsize, the size of i2gseg_t
> is accounted for.
>       oldsize = (numsegs - SEGPERHNK) * sizeof(i2gseg_t);
> Then in the call to memset, oldsize is again multiplied by the size
> of i2gmap_t.
>       memset(inomap.i2gmap + oldsize, ...)
>       
> i2gmap holds the used inodes in each chunk. When there are 2^31 chunk
> entries, it could describe 2^31 (1 inode/chunk)- 2^40 (64 inodes/chunk).
> 
> With 100s of millions of inodes there are enough entries to wrap the
> 32 bit variable oldsize.
> 
> Switching to use array index notation instead of calculating the
> pointer address twice ;) would resolve this issue. The unneeded
> local variable oldsize can be removed as well.
> 
> numsegs is used to calculate an array index, change it from a
> signed int (intgen_t) to an unsigned (uint32_t).

Description does not match code:

> -                     intgen_t numsegs;
> -                     intgen_t oldsize;
> +                     int32_t numsegs;

It's still a signed int here. And, really, just a plain old "int" is
fine here.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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