linux-kernel - [PATCH] hvsi: Messed up error checking getting state name

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Date:	Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:49:14 +0300
From:	Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	benh@...nel.crashing.org, roel.kluin@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hvsi: Messed up error checking getting state name

From: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>

Handle out-of-range indices before reading what they refer
to. And don't access the one-past-the-end element of the
array either.

Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>
---
 drivers/char/hvsi.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hvsi.c b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
index 793b236..d4b14ff 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvsi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
@@ -194,10 +194,8 @@ static inline void print_state(struct hvsi_struct *hp)
 		"HVSI_WAIT_FOR_MCTRL_RESPONSE",
 		"HVSI_FSP_DIED",
 	};
-	const char *name = state_names[hp->state];
-
-	if (hp->state > ARRAY_SIZE(state_names))
-		name = "UNKNOWN";
+	const char *name = (hp->state < ARRAY_SIZE(state_names))
+		? state_names[hp->state] : "UNKNOWN";
 
 	pr_debug("hvsi%i: state = %s\n", hp->index, name);
 #endif /* DEBUG */
-- 
1.6.0.4

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