cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
		char *mount_data_global, const char *devname)
{
	int rc;
	int xid;
	struct smb_vol *volume_info;
	struct cifsSesInfo *pSesInfo;
	struct cifsTconInfo *tcon;
	struct TCP_Server_Info *srvTcp;
	char   *full_path;
	char *mount_data = mount_data_global;
	struct tcon_link *tlink;
#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
	struct dfs_info3_param *referrals = NULL;
	unsigned int num_referrals = 0;
	int referral_walks_count = 0;
try_mount_again:
#endif
	rc = 0;
	tcon = NULL;
	pSesInfo = NULL;
	srvTcp = NULL;
	full_path = NULL;
	tlink = NULL;

	xid = GetXid();

	volume_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb_vol), GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!volume_info) {
		rc = -ENOMEM;
		goto out;
	}

	if (cifs_parse_mount_options(mount_data, devname, volume_info)) {
		rc = -EINVAL;
		goto out;
	}

	if (volume_info->nullauth) {
		cFYI(1, "null user");
		volume_info->username = "";
	} else if (volume_info->username) {
		/* BB fixme parse for domain name here */
		cFYI(1, "Username: %s", volume_info->username);
	} else {
		cifserror("No username specified");
	/* In userspace mount helper we can get user name from alternate
	   locations such as env variables and files on disk */
		rc = -EINVAL;
		goto out;
	}

	/* this is needed for ASCII cp to Unicode converts */
	if (volume_info->iocharset == NULL) {
		/* load_nls_default cannot return null */
		volume_info->local_nls = load_nls_default();
	} else {
		volume_info->local_nls = load_nls(volume_info->iocharset);
		if (volume_info->local_nls == NULL) {
			cERROR(1, "CIFS mount error: iocharset %s not found",
				 volume_info->iocharset);
			rc = -ELIBACC;
			goto out;
		}
	}
	cifs_sb->local_nls = volume_info->local_nls;

	/* get a reference to a tcp session */
	srvTcp = cifs_get_tcp_session(volume_info);
	if (IS_ERR(srvTcp)) {
		rc = PTR_ERR(srvTcp);
		goto out;
	}

	/* get a reference to a SMB session */
	pSesInfo = cifs_get_smb_ses(srvTcp, volume_info);
	if (IS_ERR(pSesInfo)) {
		rc = PTR_ERR(pSesInfo);
		pSesInfo = NULL;
		goto mount_fail_check;
	}

	setup_cifs_sb(volume_info, cifs_sb);
	if (pSesInfo->capabilities & CAP_LARGE_FILES)
		sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
	else
		sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_NON_LFS;

	/* BB FIXME fix time_gran to be larger for LANMAN sessions */
	sb->s_time_gran = 100;

	/* search for existing tcon to this server share */
	tcon = cifs_get_tcon(pSesInfo, volume_info);
	if (IS_ERR(tcon)) {
		rc = PTR_ERR(tcon);
		tcon = NULL;
		goto remote_path_check;
	}

	/* do not care if following two calls succeed - informational */
	if (!tcon->ipc) {
		CIFSSMBQFSDeviceInfo(xid, tcon);
		CIFSSMBQFSAttributeInfo(xid, tcon);
	}

	/* tell server which Unix caps we support */
	if (tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX)
		/* reset of caps checks mount to see if unix extensions
		   disabled for just this mount */
		reset_cifs_unix_caps(xid, tcon, sb, volume_info);
	else
		tcon->unix_ext = 0; /* server does not support them */

	/* convert forward to back slashes in prepath here if needed */
	if ((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_POSIX_PATHS) == 0)
		convert_delimiter(cifs_sb->prepath, CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb));

	if ((tcon->unix_ext == 0) && (cifs_sb->rsize > (1024 * 127))) {
		cifs_sb->rsize = 1024 * 127;
		cFYI(DBG2, "no very large read support, rsize now 127K");
	}
	if (!(tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_LARGE_WRITE_X))
		cifs_sb->wsize = min(cifs_sb->wsize,
			       (tcon->ses->server->maxBuf - MAX_CIFS_HDR_SIZE));
	if (!(tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_LARGE_READ_X))
		cifs_sb->rsize = min(cifs_sb->rsize,
			       (tcon->ses->server->maxBuf - MAX_CIFS_HDR_SIZE));
 
 remote_path_check:
 	/* check if a whole path (including prepath) is not remote */
	if (!rc && tcon) {
 		/* build_path_to_root works only when we have a valid tcon */
 		full_path = cifs_build_path_to_root(cifs_sb, tcon);
 		if (full_path == NULL) {
			rc = -ENOMEM;
			goto mount_fail_check;
		}
		rc = is_path_accessible(xid, tcon, cifs_sb, full_path);
		if (rc != 0 && rc != -EREMOTE) {
			kfree(full_path);
			goto mount_fail_check;
		}
		kfree(full_path);
	}

	/* get referral if needed */
	if (rc == -EREMOTE) {
#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
		if (referral_walks_count > MAX_NESTED_LINKS) {
			/*
			 * BB: when we implement proper loop detection,
			 *     we will remove this check. But now we need it
			 *     to prevent an indefinite loop if 'DFS tree' is
			 *     misconfigured (i.e. has loops).
			 */
			rc = -ELOOP;
			goto mount_fail_check;
		}
		/* convert forward to back slashes in prepath here if needed */
		if ((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_POSIX_PATHS) == 0)
			convert_delimiter(cifs_sb->prepath,
					CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb));
		full_path = build_unc_path_to_root(volume_info, cifs_sb);
		if (IS_ERR(full_path)) {
			rc = PTR_ERR(full_path);
			goto mount_fail_check;
		}

		cFYI(1, "Getting referral for: %s", full_path);
		rc = get_dfs_path(xid, pSesInfo , full_path + 1,
			cifs_sb->local_nls, &num_referrals, &referrals,
			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
		if (!rc && num_referrals > 0) {
			char *fake_devname = NULL;

			if (mount_data != mount_data_global)
				kfree(mount_data);

			mount_data = cifs_compose_mount_options(
					cifs_sb->mountdata, full_path + 1,
					referrals, &fake_devname);

			free_dfs_info_array(referrals, num_referrals);
			kfree(fake_devname);
			kfree(full_path);

			if (IS_ERR(mount_data)) {
				rc = PTR_ERR(mount_data);
				mount_data = NULL;
				goto mount_fail_check;
			}

			if (tcon)
				cifs_put_tcon(tcon);
			else if (pSesInfo)
				cifs_put_smb_ses(pSesInfo);

			cleanup_volume_info(&volume_info);
			referral_walks_count++;
			FreeXid(xid);
			goto try_mount_again;
		}
#else /* No DFS support, return error on mount */
		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
#endif
	}

	if (rc)
		goto mount_fail_check;

	/* now, hang the tcon off of the superblock */
	tlink = kzalloc(sizeof *tlink, GFP_KERNEL);
	if (tlink == NULL) {
		rc = -ENOMEM;
		goto mount_fail_check;
	}

	tlink->tl_uid = pSesInfo->linux_uid;
	tlink->tl_tcon = tcon;
	tlink->tl_time = jiffies;
	set_bit(TCON_LINK_MASTER, &tlink->tl_flags);
	set_bit(TCON_LINK_IN_TREE, &tlink->tl_flags);

	cifs_sb->master_tlink = tlink;
	spin_lock(&cifs_sb->tlink_tree_lock);
	tlink_rb_insert(&cifs_sb->tlink_tree, tlink);
	spin_unlock(&cifs_sb->tlink_tree_lock);

	queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_wq, &cifs_sb->prune_tlinks,
				TLINK_IDLE_EXPIRE);

mount_fail_check:
	/* on error free sesinfo and tcon struct if needed */
	if (rc) {
		if (mount_data != mount_data_global)
			kfree(mount_data);
		/* If find_unc succeeded then rc == 0 so we can not end */
		/* up accidentally freeing someone elses tcon struct */
		if (tcon)
			cifs_put_tcon(tcon);
		else if (pSesInfo)
			cifs_put_smb_ses(pSesInfo);
		else
			cifs_put_tcp_session(srvTcp);
		goto out;
	}

	/* volume_info->password is freed above when existing session found
	(in which case it is not needed anymore) but when new sesion is created
	the password ptr is put in the new session structure (in which case the
	password will be freed at unmount time) */
out:
	/* zero out password before freeing */
	cleanup_volume_info(&volume_info);
	FreeXid(xid);
	return rc;
}

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.