This patch fixes access to memory that has not been allocated: i2o_msg_get_wait() can returns errors different from I2O_QUEUE_EMPTY. But the result is checked only against this code. If it is not I2O_QUEUE_EMPTY then we dereference the error code as the pointer later.
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- lk2.6/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c +++ lk2.6/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int i2o_block_device_lock(struct struct i2o_message *msg; msg = i2o_msg_get_wait(dev->iop, I2O_TIMEOUT_MESSAGE_GET); - if (IS_ERR(msg) == I2O_QUEUE_EMPTY) + if (IS_ERR(msg)) return PTR_ERR(msg); msg->u.head[0] = cpu_to_le32(FIVE_WORD_MSG_SIZE | SGL_OFFSET_0); _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@openvz.org https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/devel