[patch 09/13] mtd/jffs2: fix read buffer overflow

akpm at linux-foundation.org akpm at linux-foundation.org
Fri Sep 18 15:51:49 EDT 2009


From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin at gmail.com>

Prevent a read from mtd->eraseregions[-1]

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin at gmail.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c~mtd-jffs2-fix-read-buffer-overflow drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c~mtd-jffs2-fix-read-buffer-overflow
+++ a/drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ static int flash_erase (struct mtd_info 
 	* erase range is aligned with the erase size which is in
 	* effect here.
 	*/
-   if (instr->addr & (mtd->eraseregions[i].erasesize - 1)) return (-EINVAL);
+   if (i < 0 || (instr->addr & (mtd->eraseregions[i].erasesize - 1)))
+      return -EINVAL;
 
    /* Remember the erase region we start on */
    first = i;
@@ -409,7 +410,8 @@ static int flash_erase (struct mtd_info 
    i--;
 
    /* is the end aligned on a block boundary? */
-   if ((instr->addr + instr->len) & (mtd->eraseregions[i].erasesize - 1)) return (-EINVAL);
+   if (i < 0 || ((instr->addr + instr->len) & (mtd->eraseregions[i].erasesize - 1)))
+      return -EINVAL;
 
    addr = instr->addr;
    len = instr->len;
_



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