Re: [stable] [PATCH] 2.6.22.6 fix kernel panic on corrupted reiserfs directory

2007-09-22 Thread Chris Wright
* Oliver Pinter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > it is Lepton's patch. > Namesys boys, this patch is OK? > Greg, I neither do find this patch in Linus's tree. The point is, if it's not important enough to go into Linus' tree, than it isn't important enough to be in the -stable tree. So please get thi

Re: [stable] [PATCH] 2.6.22.6 fix kernel panic on corrupted reiserfs directory

2007-09-22 Thread Oliver Pinter
[snap] Hi, When reading corrupted reiserfs directory data, d_reclen could be a negative number or a big positive number, this can lead to kernel panic or oop. The following patch adds a sanity check. (against 2.6.20.4) Signed-off-by: Lepton Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -X linux-2.6.22.6-l

[PATCH] 2.6.22.6 fix kernel panic on corrupted reiserfs directory

2007-09-14 Thread lepton
Hi, When reading corrupted reiserfs directory data, d_reclen could be a negative number or a big positive number, this can lead to kernel panic or oop. The following patch adds a sanity check. (against 2.6.20.4) Signed-off-by: Lepton Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -X linux-2.6.22.6-lepton/Do