3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Tejun Heo <[email protected]> commit 3bec60d511179853138836ae6e1b61fe34d9235f upstream. fw_device_init() didn't check whether the allocated minor number isn't too large. Fail if it goes overflows MINORBITS. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]> Suggested-by: Stefan Richter <[email protected]> Acked-by: Stefan Richter <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- drivers/firewire/core-device.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/firewire/core-device.c +++ b/drivers/firewire/core-device.c @@ -1020,6 +1020,10 @@ static void fw_device_init(struct work_s ret = idr_pre_get(&fw_device_idr, GFP_KERNEL) ? idr_get_new(&fw_device_idr, device, &minor) : -ENOMEM; + if (minor >= 1 << MINORBITS) { + idr_remove(&fw_device_idr, minor); + minor = -ENOSPC; + } up_write(&fw_device_rwsem); if (ret < 0) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
