@@ -1730,7 +1730,12 @@ call_allocate(struct rpc_task *task)
req->rq_callsize = RPC_CALLHDRSIZE + (auth->au_cslack << 1) +
proc->p_arglen;
req->rq_callsize <<= 2;
- req->rq_rcvsize = RPC_REPHDRSIZE + auth->au_rslack + proc->p_replen;
+ /*
+ * Note: the reply buffer must at minimum allocate enough space
+ * for the 'struct accepted_reply' from RFC5531.
+ */
+ req->rq_rcvsize = RPC_REPHDRSIZE + auth->au_rslack + \
+ max_t(size_t, proc->p_replen, 2);
req->rq_rcvsize <<= 2;
status = xprt->ops->buf_alloc(task);
We must at minimum allocate enough memory to be able to see any auth errors in the reply from the server. Fixes: 2c94b8eca1a26 ("SUNRPC: Use au_rslack when computing reply...") Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com> --- net/sunrpc/clnt.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)