2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Dave Jones commit 690e744869f3262855b83b4fb59199cf142765b0 upstream. A negative offset could be used to index before the event buffer and lead to a security breach. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones Signed-off-by: James Bottomley Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/scsi/gdth.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c @@ -2900,7 +2900,7 @@ static int gdth_read_event(gdth_ha_str * eindex = handle; estr->event_source = 0; - if (eindex >= MAX_EVENTS) { + if (eindex < 0 || eindex >= MAX_EVENTS) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->smp_lock, flags); return eindex; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/