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Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/readdir.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c index d26d5ea4de7b..03eedaf36134 100644 --- a/fs/readdir.c +++ b/fs/readdir.c @@ -102,10 +102,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iterate_dir); * filename length, and the above "soft error" worry means * that it's probably better left alone until we have that * issue clarified. + * + * Note the PATH_MAX check - it's arbitrary but the real + * kernel limit on a possible path component, not NAME_MAX, + * which is the technical standard limit. */ static int verify_dirent_name(const char *name, int len) { - if (!len) + if (len <= 0 || len >= PATH_MAX) return -EIO; if (memchr(name, '/', len)) return -EIO; |