@@ -2159,6 +2159,10 @@ static inline int ext4_forced_shutdown(s
* Structure of a directory entry
*/
#define EXT4_NAME_LEN 255
+/*
+ * Base length of the ext4 directory entry excluding the name length
+ */
+#define EXT4_BASE_DIR_LEN (sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_2) - EXT4_NAME_LEN)
struct ext4_dir_entry {
__le32 inode; /* Inode number */
@@ -1388,10 +1388,10 @@ int ext4_search_dir(struct buffer_head *
de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)search_buf;
dlimit = search_buf + buf_size;
- while ((char *) de < dlimit) {
+ while ((char *) de < dlimit - EXT4_BASE_DIR_LEN) {
/* this code is executed quadratically often */
/* do minimal checking `by hand' */
- if ((char *) de + de->name_len <= dlimit &&
+ if (de->name + de->name_len <= dlimit &&
ext4_match(dir, fname, de)) {
/* found a match - just to be sure, do
* a full check */