Since a too small file cannot be a valid VMDK image, and also since the buffer's first 4 bytes will be unconditionally examined by vmdk_open_sparse, let's error out the small file case to be clear.
Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <f...@redhat.com> --- block/vmdk.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c index 0c5769c..f7c7979 100644 --- a/block/vmdk.c +++ b/block/vmdk.c @@ -557,6 +557,11 @@ static char *vmdk_read_desc(BlockDriverState *file, uint64_t desc_offset, return NULL; } + if (size < 4) { + error_setg_errno(errp, -size, "File is too small, not a valid image"); + return NULL; + } + size = MIN(size, 1 << 20); /* avoid unbounded allocation */ buf = g_malloc(size); -- 1.9.3