FAILED: patch "[PATCH] scsi: megaraid_sas: Check valid aen class range to avoid" failed to apply to 3.18-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 3.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 91b3d9f0069c8307d0b3a4c6843b65a439183318 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shivasharan S <shivasharan.srikanteshwara@broadcom.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 04:47:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_sas: Check valid aen class range to avoid
 kernel panic

Signed-off-by: Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Shivasharan S <shivasharan.srikanteshwara@broadcom.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Henzl <thenzl@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
index b8b46540d909..df2332f3e182 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
@@ -5651,6 +5651,14 @@ megasas_register_aen(struct megasas_instance *instance, u32 seq_num,
 		prev_aen.word =
 			le32_to_cpu(instance->aen_cmd->frame->dcmd.mbox.w[1]);
 
+		if ((curr_aen.members.class < MFI_EVT_CLASS_DEBUG) ||
+		    (curr_aen.members.class > MFI_EVT_CLASS_DEAD)) {
+			dev_info(&instance->pdev->dev,
+				 "%s %d out of range class %d send by application\n",
+				 __func__, __LINE__, curr_aen.members.class);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * A class whose enum value is smaller is inclusive of all
 		 * higher values. If a PROGRESS (= -1) was previously