linux/init
Phillip Lougher df37bd156d initramfs: handle unrecognised decompressor when unpacking
The unpack routine fails to handle the decompress_method() returning
unrecognised decompressor (compress_name == NULL).  This results in the
routine looping eventually oopsing on an out of bounds memory access.

Note this bug is usually hidden, only triggering on trailing junk after
one or more correct compressed blocks.  The case of the compressed archive
being complete junk is (by accident?) caught by the if (state != Reset)
check because state is initialised to Start, but not updated due to the
decompressor not having been called.  Obviously if the junk is trailing a
correctly decompressed buffer, state == Reset from the previous call to
the decompressor.

Signed-off-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-04-24 11:31:26 -07:00
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calibrate.c timers, init: Limit the number of per cpu calibration bootup messages 2009-11-26 10:18:42 +01:00
do_mounts_initrd.c init: Open /dev/console from rootfs 2010-03-03 14:56:07 -05:00
do_mounts_md.c md: move lots of #include lines out of .h files and into .c 2009-03-31 14:33:13 +11:00
do_mounts_rd.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
do_mounts.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
do_mounts.h md: move lots of #include lines out of .h files and into .c 2009-03-31 14:33:13 +11:00
initramfs.c initramfs: handle unrecognised decompressor when unpacking 2010-04-24 11:31:26 -07:00
Kconfig cgroup: implement eventfd-based generic API for notifications 2010-03-12 15:52:37 -08:00
main.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
Makefile kbuild: move compile.h to include/generated 2009-12-12 13:08:14 +01:00
noinitramfs.c [PATCH] disable init/initramfs.c 2007-02-11 10:51:25 -08:00
version.c kbuild: move utsrelease.h to include/generated 2009-12-12 13:08:15 +01:00