3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org> 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 <t...@kernel.org> Suggested-by: Stefan Richter <stef...@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Acked-by: Stefan Richter <stef...@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/firewire/core-device.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/firewire/core-device.c +++ b/drivers/firewire/core-device.c @@ -995,6 +995,10 @@ 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 majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/