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Message-Id: <20121026000037.055206671@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:06:17 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Denis Kirjanov <kirjanov@...il.com>,
	Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: [ 59/85] amd64_edac:__amd64_set_scrub_rate(): avoid overindexing scrubrates[]

3.6-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

commit 168bfeef7bba3f9784f7540b053e4ac72b769ce9 upstream.

If none of the elements in scrubrates[] matches, this loop will cause
__amd64_set_scrub_rate() to incorrectly use the n+1th element.

As the function is designed to use the final scrubrates[] element in the
case of no match, we can fix this bug by simply terminating the array
search at the n-1th element.

Boris: this code is fragile anyway, see here why:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=135102834131236&w=2

It will be rewritten more robustly soonish.

Reported-by: Denis Kirjanov <kirjanov@...il.com>
Cc: Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c |   11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
@@ -170,8 +170,11 @@ static int __amd64_set_scrub_rate(struct
 	 * memory controller and apply to register. Search for the first
 	 * bandwidth entry that is greater or equal than the setting requested
 	 * and program that. If at last entry, turn off DRAM scrubbing.
+	 *
+	 * If no suitable bandwidth is found, turn off DRAM scrubbing entirely
+	 * by falling back to the last element in scrubrates[].
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(scrubrates); i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(scrubrates) - 1; i++) {
 		/*
 		 * skip scrub rates which aren't recommended
 		 * (see F10 BKDG, F3x58)
@@ -181,12 +184,6 @@ static int __amd64_set_scrub_rate(struct
 
 		if (scrubrates[i].bandwidth <= new_bw)
 			break;
-
-		/*
-		 * if no suitable bandwidth found, turn off DRAM scrubbing
-		 * entirely by falling back to the last element in the
-		 * scrubrates array.
-		 */
 	}
 
 	scrubval = scrubrates[i].scrubval;


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