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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-01-24 10:07:21 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-01-24 10:07:21 +1100
commit9156ad48338e0306e508ead5c0d9986050744475 (patch)
tree37f3a90e38190052ecf3cdf9171dfdddd37b56fd /fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
parentfa28237cfcc5827553044cbd6ee52e33692b0faa (diff)
parent8f7b3d156d348b6766833cd4e272d0d19b501e64 (diff)
Merge branch 'linux-2.6'
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
index 986f9b32083c..b86e3658a0af 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
@@ -313,8 +313,11 @@ nfssvc_decode_writeargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
* Round the length of the data which was specified up to
* the next multiple of XDR units and then compare that
* against the length which was actually received.
+ * Note that when RPCSEC/GSS (for example) is used, the
+ * data buffer can be padded so dlen might be larger
+ * than required. It must never be smaller.
*/
- if (dlen != XDR_QUADLEN(len)*4)
+ if (dlen < XDR_QUADLEN(len)*4)
return 0;
rqstp->rq_vec[0].iov_base = (void*)p;