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NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr
authorMichael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
Wed, 27 May 2026 16:30:35 +0000 (12:30 -0400)
committerAnna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@hammerspace.com>
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:06:06 +0000 (15:06 -0400)
commit41fe0f7b84f0cb822ae10ab08592996a592b2a25
tree5c15cdfa9aaad85b521ad2dc45965954422c497f
parent84800a8d1d22c475b3c35bdbcf8ed64a55f3b66f
NFSv4/pNFS: reject zero-length r_addr in nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr

nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr() decodes the r_netid and r_addr opaques of a
netaddr4 from a GETDEVICEINFO multipath-DS body, then immediately
calls strrchr(buf, '.') to locate the port separator. Both decodes
use xdr_stream_decode_string_dup(), and the current code checks only
"nlen < 0" / "rlen < 0" before dereferencing the returned string.

When the on-wire opaque has length zero, xdr_stream_decode_opaque_inline()
returns 0 and xdr_stream_decode_string_dup() falls through to its
"*str = NULL; return ret" tail, leaving buf NULL with a return value
of 0. The "< 0" check does not catch this, and the next line is
strrchr(NULL, '.'), a kernel NULL pointer dereference reachable from
any pNFS-flexfile client mounted against a malicious or compromised
metadata server.

Reject the zero-length cases explicitly so the decoder fails with
-EBADMSG (treated as a malformed GETDEVICEINFO body) instead of
panicking the client.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 6b7f3cf96364 ("nfs41: pull decode_ds_addr from file layout to generic pnfs")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@hammerspace.com>
fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c