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    NFS: guard against confused server in nfs_atomic_open() · eaa2b82c
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    A confused server could return a filehandle for an
    NFSv4 OPEN request, which it previously returned for a directory.
    So the inode returned by  ->open_context() in nfs_atomic_open()
    could conceivably be a directory inode.
    
    This has particular implications for the call to
    nfs_file_set_open_context() in nfs_finish_open().
    If that is called on a directory inode, then the nfs_open_context
    that gets stored in the filp->private_data will be linked to
    nfs_inode->open_files.
    
    When the directory is closed, nfs_closedir() will (ultimately)
    free the ->private_data, but not unlink it from nfs_inode->open_files
    (because it doesn't expect an nfs_open_context there).
    
    Subsequently the memory could get used for something else and eventually
    if the ->open_files list is walked, the walker will fall off the end and
    crash.
    
    So: change nfs_finish_open() to only call nfs_file_set_open_context()
    for regular-file inodes.
    
    This failure mode has been seen in a production setting (unknown NFS
    server implementation).  The kernel was v3.0 and the specific sequence
    seen would not affect more recent kernels, but I think a risk is still
    present, and caution is wise.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAnna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
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