NFSD: memory corruption due to writing beyond the stat array

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If nfsd fails to find an exported via NFS file in the readahead cache, it
should increment corresponding nfsdstats counter (ra_depth[10]), but due to a
bug it may instead write to ra_depth[11], corrupting the following field.

In a kernel with NFSDv4 compiled in the corruption takes the form of an
increment of a counter of the number of NFSv4 operation 0's received; since
there is no operation 0, this is harmless.

In a kernel with NFSDv4 disabled it corrupts whatever happens to be in the
memory beyond nfsdstats.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko@openvz.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>

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Konstantin Khorenko 2011-02-01 17:16:29 +03:00 • committed by J. Bruce Fields

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