ext4: avoid unneeded lookup when xattr name is invalid
In ext4_xattr_set_handle() we have checked the xattr name's length. So
we should also check it in ext4_xattr_get() to avoid unneeded lookup
caused by invalid name.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 4eec399..c6ae6fa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@
{
int error;
+ if (strlen(name) > 255)
+ return -ERANGE;
+
down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
error = ext4_xattr_ibody_get(inode, name_index, name, buffer,
buffer_size);