Re: [PATCH] 9p: unsigned/signed wrap in p9/unix modes.

From: Geyslan GregÃrio Bem
Date: Mon Oct 21 2013 - 17:13:28 EST


2013/10/21 Geyslan GregÃrio Bem <geyslan@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 2013/10/20 Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Please resubmit a clean patch which includes the check of sscanf for exactly
>> the correct number of arguments and handles errors properly in other cases.
>> That last bit may be a bit problematic since right now the only errors are
>> prints and we seem to be otherwise silently failing. Of course, looks like
>> nothing else is checking return values from that function for error. We
>> could set rdev to an ERR_PTR(-EIO), and then go through and do a check in
>> all the places which matter (looks like there are a few places where rdev
>> just gets discarded -- might even be a good idea to not parse rdev unless we
>> need to by passing NULL to p9mode2unixmode.
>>
>> All in all, its a corner case which is only likely with a broken server, but
>> the full clean up would seem to be:
>> a) switch to u32's
>> b) pass NULL when rdev just gets discarded and don't bother parsing when
>> it is
>> c) check the sscanf return validity
>> d) on error set ERR_PTR in rdev and check on return before proceeding
>>
>> That's a lot of cleanup, I'll add it to my work queue if you don't have time
>> to rework your patch.
>>
>
> Eric, I would like to try with your guidance.
>
>> For the other patches, anyone you didn't see a response from me on today is
>> being pulled into my for-next queue. Thanks for the cleanups.
>>
>> -eric
>
> Thanks for accept them.
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Geyslan GregÃrio Bem <geyslan@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> Nice, I'll wait their reply, there are other p9 patches that I have
>>> already sent and am awaiting Eric's.
>>>
>>> Thank you again.
>>>
>>> Geyslan GregÃrio Bem
>>> hackingbits.com
>>>

Let me know if I got your requests:

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 94de6d1..8a332d0 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations
v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;

static u32 unixmode2p9mode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, umode_t mode)
{
- int res;
+ u32 res;
res = mode & 0777;
if (S_ISDIR(mode))
res |= P9_DMDIR;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int p9mode2perm(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
static umode_t p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
struct p9_wstat *stat, dev_t *rdev)
{
- int res;
+ umode_t res;
u32 mode = stat->mode;

*rdev = 0;
@@ -144,10 +144,15 @@ static umode_t p9mode2unixmode(struct
v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
else if ((mode & P9_DMDEVICE) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
&& (v9ses->nodev == 0)) {
char type = 0, ext[32];
- int major = -1, minor = -1;
+ u32 major = 0, minor = 0;

strlcpy(ext, stat->extension, sizeof(ext));
- sscanf(ext, "%c %u %u", &type, &major, &minor);
+ if (sscanf(ext, "%c %u %u", &type, &major, &minor) < 3) {
+ p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+ "It's necessary define type [%u], major [u%] and minor [u%]" \
+ "values when using P9_DMDEVICE", type, major, minor);
+ goto err_dev;
+ }
switch (type) {
case 'c':
res |= S_IFCHR;
@@ -158,11 +163,16 @@ static umode_t p9mode2unixmode(struct
v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
default:
p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "Unknown special type %c %s\n",
type, stat->extension);
+ goto err_dev;
};
*rdev = MKDEV(major, minor);
} else
res |= S_IFREG;
+ goto ret;

+err_dev:
+ rdev = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+ret:
return res;
}

@@ -460,13 +470,17 @@ void v9fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)

static int v9fs_test_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
{
- int umode;
+ umode_t umode;
dev_t rdev;
struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
struct p9_wstat *st = (struct p9_wstat *)data;
struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);

umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(rdev))
+ return 0;
+
/* don't match inode of different type */
if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (umode & S_IFMT))
return 0;
@@ -526,6 +540,11 @@ static struct inode *v9fs_qid_iget(struct super_block *sb,
*/
inode->i_ino = i_ino;
umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
+ if (IS_ERR(rdev)) {
+ retval = rdev;
+ goto error;
+ }
+
retval = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode, umode, rdev);
if (retval)
goto error;
@@ -1461,9 +1480,10 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry
*dentry, umode_t mode, dev_t rde

int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
{
- int umode;
+ umode_t umode;
dev_t rdev;
loff_t i_size;
+ int ret = 0;
struct p9_wstat *st;
struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;

@@ -1475,6 +1495,11 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid,
struct inode *inode)
* Don't update inode if the file type is different
*/
umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
+ if (IS_ERR(rdev)) {
+ ret = rdev;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (umode & S_IFMT))
goto out;

@@ -1491,7 +1516,7 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid,
struct inode *inode)
out:
p9stat_free(st);
kfree(st);
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}

static const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotu = {


>>>
>>> 2013/10/7 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> > On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 21:09 -0300, Geyslan GregÃrio Bem wrote:
>>> >> Joe,
>>> >>
>>> >> Thank you for reply.
>>> >>
>>> >> What do you think about:
>>> >>
>>> >> strncpy(ext, stat->extension, sizeof(ext));
>>> >> + if (sscanf(ext, "%c %u %u", &type, &major, &minor) <
>>> >> 3) {
>>> >> + p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
>>> >> + "It's necessary define type, major
>>> >> and minor values when using P9_DMDEVICE");
>>> >> + return res;
>>> >> + }
>>> >> switch (type) {
>>> >> case 'c':
>>> >> res |= S_IFCHR;
>>> >> break;
>>> >> ...
>>> >> *rdev = MKDEV(major, minor);
>>> >
>>> > I think the plan 9 folk should figure out what's right.
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>>
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