In 2.4.31, the v2/3 nfs readlink accepts too long symlinks.
I have tested this by having a server return long symlinks.
diff -u linux-2.4.31.orig/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c linux-2.4.31/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
strlen = (u32*)kmap(rcvbuf->pages[0]);
/* Convert length of symlink */
len = ntohl(*strlen);
- if (len > rcvbuf->page_len)
- len = rcvbuf->page_len;
+ if (len >= rcvbuf->page_len - sizeof(u32) || len > NFS2_MAXPATHLEN) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "NFS: server returned giant symlink!\n");
+ kunmap(rcvbuf->pages[0]);
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ }
*strlen = len;
/* NULL terminate the string we got */
string = (char *)(strlen + 1);
strlen = (u32*)kmap(rcvbuf->pages[0]);
/* Convert length of symlink */
len = ntohl(*strlen);
- if (len > rcvbuf->page_len)
- len = rcvbuf->page_len;
+ if (len >= rcvbuf->page_len - sizeof(u32)) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "NFS: server returned giant symlink!\n");
+ kunmap(rcvbuf->pages[0]);
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ }
*strlen = len;
/* NULL terminate the string we got */
string = (char *)(strlen + 1);