[PATCH, v2] ufs: ensure link targets are NUL-terminated

From: Duane Griffin
Date: Thu Dec 11 2008 - 17:36:27 EST


Ensure link targets are NUL-terminated, even if corrupted on-disk.

Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@xxxxxxxxx>
---

V2: terminate when the link is read instead of every time it is
followed, as suggested by Dave Kleikamp.

diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index 39f8778..a22f64d 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -606,9 +606,11 @@ static void ufs_set_inode_ops(struct inode *inode)
inode->i_fop = &ufs_dir_operations;
inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ufs_aops;
} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
- if (!inode->i_blocks)
+ if (!inode->i_blocks) {
+ char *link = UFS_I(inode)->i_u1.i_symlink;
inode->i_op = &ufs_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
- else {
+ link[inode->i_size] = '\0';
+ } else {
inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ufs_aops;
}
--
"I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan
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