* Re: [PATCH v2] block: add capacity validation in bdev_add_partition()
2023-06-16 11:05 ` [PATCH v2] block: add capacity validation in bdev_add_partition() min15.li
@ 2023-06-16 7:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-06-16 8:03 ` Greg KH
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From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2023-06-16 7:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: min15.li
Cc: axboe, willy, hch, dlemoal, gregkh, wsa, vkoul, linux-block,
linux-kernel
On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:05:57AM +0000, min15.li wrote:
> In the function bdev_add_partition(),there is no check that the start
> and end sectors exceed the size of the disk before calling add_partition.
> When we call the block's ioctl interface directly to add a partition,
> and the capacity of the disk is set to 0 by driver,the command will
> continue to execute.
> v1->v2: check for overflows of the start + length value and put
> the capacity check at the beginning of the function.
>
> Signed-off-by: min15.li <min15.li@samsung.com>
> ---
> block/partitions/core.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
> index 49e0496ff23c..3546b43d5124 100644
> --- a/block/partitions/core.c
> +++ b/block/partitions/core.c
> @@ -438,8 +438,20 @@ int bdev_add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno, sector_t start,
> {
> struct block_device *part;
> int ret;
> + sector_t end;
> + sector_t capacity = get_capacity(disk);
Very minor nitpick, but I think this would read nicer as:
+ sector_t capacity = get_capacity(disk), end;
struct block_device *part;
int ret;
Otherwise this looks good:
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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2023-06-16 11:05 ` [PATCH v2] block: add capacity validation in bdev_add_partition() min15.li
2023-06-16 7:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
@ 2023-06-16 8:03 ` Greg KH
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From: Greg KH @ 2023-06-16 8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: min15.li
Cc: axboe, willy, hch, dlemoal, wsa, vkoul, linux-block, linux-kernel
On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:05:57AM +0000, min15.li wrote:
> In the function bdev_add_partition(),there is no check that the start
> and end sectors exceed the size of the disk before calling add_partition.
> When we call the block's ioctl interface directly to add a partition,
> and the capacity of the disk is set to 0 by driver,the command will
> continue to execute.
> v1->v2: check for overflows of the start + length value and put
> the capacity check at the beginning of the function.
>
> Signed-off-by: min15.li <min15.li@samsung.com>
I doubt you sign documents as "min15.li", right? :)
Please fix.
You also forgot a "changes" list below the --- line saying what changed
from the previous submission.
thanks,
greg k-h
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