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NeilBrown dd862da61e nfs: fix incorrect handling of large-number NFS errors in nfs4_do_mkdir()
A recent commit introduced nfs4_do_mkdir() which reports an error from
nfs4_call_sync() by returning it with ERR_PTR().

This is a problem as nfs4_call_sync() can return negative NFS-specific
errors with values larger than MAX_ERRNO (4095).  One example is
NFS4ERR_DELAY which has value 10008.

This "pointer" gets to PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() in nfs4_proc_mkdir() which
chooses ZERO because it isn't in the range of value errors.  Ultimately
the pointer is dereferenced.

This patch changes nfs4_do_mkdir() to report the dentry pointer and
status separately - pointer as a return value, status in an "int *"
parameter.

The same separation is used for _nfs4_proc_mkdir() and the two are
combined only in nfs4_proc_mkdir() after the status has passed through
nfs4_handle_exception(), which ensures the error code does not exceed
MAX_ERRNO.

It also fixes a problem in the even when nfs4_handle_exception() updated
the error value, the original 'alias' was still returned.

Reported-by: Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>
Fixes: 8376583b84 ("nfs: change mkdir inode_operation to return alternate dentry if needed.")
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
2025-05-28 17:17:14 -04:00
arch Misc x86 fixes: 2025-05-17 08:43:51 -07:00
block SCSI fixes on 20250516 2025-05-16 10:28:22 -07:00
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drivers dmaengine fixes for v6.15 2025-05-17 12:53:39 -07:00
fs nfs: fix incorrect handling of large-number NFS errors in nfs4_do_mkdir() 2025-05-28 17:17:14 -04:00
include NFSv4: Allow FREE_STATEID to clean up delegations 2025-05-28 17:17:13 -04:00
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kernel Nine singleton hotfixes, all MM. Four are cc:stable. 2025-05-17 10:56:52 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.