Added loop check when mounting DFS tree.
authorIgor Mammedov <niallain@gmail.com>
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:31:05 +0000 (19:31 +0400)
committerSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:24:09 +0000 (17:24 +0000)
Added loop check when mounting DFS tree. mount will fail with
ELOOP if referral walks exceed MAX_NESTED_LINK count.

Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <niallain@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
fs/cifs/connect.c

index 579a628..7e5d4fd 100644 (file)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
@@ -2278,6 +2279,7 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
        struct dfs_info3_param *referrals = NULL;
        unsigned int num_referrals = 0;
+       int referral_walks_count = 0;
 try_mount_again:
 #endif
        full_path = NULL;
@@ -2525,6 +2527,16 @@ remote_path_check:
        /* get referral if needed */
        if (rc == -EREMOTE) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
+               if (referral_walks_count > MAX_NESTED_LINKS) {
+                       /*
+                        * BB: when we implement proper loop detection,
+                        *     we will remove this check. But now we need it
+                        *     to prevent an indefinite loop if 'DFS tree' is
+                        *     misconfigured (i.e. has loops).
+                        */
+                       rc = -ELOOP;
+                       goto mount_fail_check;
+               }
                /* convert forward to back slashes in prepath here if needed */
                if ((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_POSIX_PATHS) == 0)
                        convert_delimiter(cifs_sb->prepath,
@@ -2558,6 +2570,7 @@ remote_path_check:
                        cleanup_volume_info(&volume_info);
                        FreeXid(xid);
                        kfree(full_path);
+                       referral_walks_count++;
                        goto try_mount_again;
                }
 #else /* No DFS support, return error on mount */