linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/8] staging: comedi: sanity check num_subdevices parameter in comedi_alloc

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Message-ID: <201206121157.46035.hartleys@visionengravers.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:57:45 -0700
From:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>, <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	<fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] staging: comedi: sanity check num_subdevices parameter in comedi_alloc_subdevices

>From 952298d9ff21bc8fba3ece36a634a7abad89d912 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:53:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] staging: comedi: sanity check num_subdevices parameter
 in comedi_alloc_subdevices

It's possible for a couple of the comedi drivers to incorrectly call
comedi_alloc_subdevices with num_subdevices = 0. Add a sanity check
before doing the kcalloc.

Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbot@....co.uk>
Cc: Frank Mori Hess <kmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
index 87a87dd..4d5da37 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ int comedi_alloc_subdevices(struct comedi_device *dev, int num_subdevices)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	if (num_subdevices < 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	dev->n_subdevices = num_subdevices;
 	dev->subdevices =
 	    kcalloc(num_subdevices, sizeof(struct comedi_subdevice),
-- 
1.7.7

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