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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:33:18 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	stable@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, Timo Warns <Warns@...-sense.de>,
	Timo Warns <warns@...-sense.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [34-longterm 130/247] ldm: corrupted partition table can cause kernel oops

From: Timo Warns <Warns@...-sense.de>

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

commit 294f6cf48666825d23c9372ef37631232746e40d upstream.

The kernel automatically evaluates partition tables of storage devices.
The code for evaluating LDM partitions (in fs/partitions/ldm.c) contains
a bug that causes a kernel oops on certain corrupted LDM partitions.  A
kernel subsystem seems to crash, because, after the oops, the kernel no
longer recognizes newly connected storage devices.

The patch changes ldm_parse_vmdb() to Validate the value of vblk_size.

Signed-off-by: Timo Warns <warns@...-sense.de>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@...nel.sg>
Acked-by: Richard Russon <ldm@...tcap.org>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 fs/partitions/ldm.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/partitions/ldm.c b/fs/partitions/ldm.c
index 8652fb9..2cd9e43 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/ldm.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/ldm.c
@@ -251,6 +251,11 @@ static bool ldm_parse_vmdb (const u8 *data, struct vmdb *vm)
 	}
 
 	vm->vblk_size     = get_unaligned_be32(data + 0x08);
+	if (vm->vblk_size == 0) {
+		ldm_error ("Illegal VBLK size");
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	vm->vblk_offset   = get_unaligned_be32(data + 0x0C);
 	vm->last_vblk_seq = get_unaligned_be32(data + 0x04);
 
-- 
1.7.4.4

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