From: Ramesh Adhikari <adhikari.resume@gmail.com>
To: colyli@fygo.io
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Ramesh Adhikari <adhikari.resume@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 0/2] badblocks: fix rounding bug and validate input range
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:10:22 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260721164027.637078-1-adhikari.resume@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260709131904.596684-3-adhikari.resume@gmail.com>
Two related fixes to block/badblocks.c:
Patch 1/2 fixes the actual reported bug: round_up()/round_down() don't
modify their argument in place, they return the rounded value, and the
callers in _badblocks_set()/_badblocks_clear()/badblocks_check() were
discarding that return value. Depending on caller alignment this could
leave sectors unrounded or, in the reported case, stall the CPU with a
non-advancing cursor when reached via the nvdimm ioctl path. It also
fixes a 32-bit build breakage reported by kernel test robot, since the
old rounddown()/roundup() macros pull in 64-bit division helpers not
linked on 32-bit builds. Unchanged since v6.
Patch 2/2 hardens the same three functions against the input-range and
shift edge cases the round_up/round_down fix exposed: s + sectors
overflow, and rounding itself wrapping past ULLONG_MAX. Revised in v7
per Coly's review of v6 — see the changelog in that patch for details.
The remaining open item, bounding bb->shift where it's populated from
the on-disk MD superblock in drivers/md/md.c, is being sent separately
since it's a different file and a different root cause (missing input
validation, not a rounding bug).
Ramesh Adhikari (2):
badblocks: fix in-place round_up/round_down usage bug
badblocks: validate sector range and shift before rounding
block/badblocks.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
include/linux/badblocks.h | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-21 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-27 15:10 [PATCH] badblocks: fix infinite loop due to incorrect rounding and overflow Ramesh Adhikari
2026-04-27 15:12 ` Greg KH
2026-04-29 23:06 ` kernel test robot
2026-04-30 5:09 ` kernel test robot
2026-07-04 17:13 ` [PATCH v5] " Ramesh Adhikari
2026-07-09 10:25 ` Coly Li
2026-07-09 13:19 ` [PATCH v6 0/2] badblocks: fix infinite loop and validate sector range/shift Ramesh Adhikari
2026-07-09 13:19 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] badblocks: fix in-place round_up/round_down usage bug Ramesh Adhikari
2026-07-09 15:16 ` Coly Li
2026-07-09 13:19 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] badblocks: validate sector range and shift before rounding Ramesh Adhikari
2026-07-20 7:40 ` Coly Li
2026-07-21 16:40 ` Ramesh Adhikari [this message]
2026-07-21 16:40 ` [PATCH v7 1/2] badblocks: fix in-place round_up/round_down usage bug Ramesh Adhikari
2026-07-21 16:40 ` [PATCH v7 2/2] badblocks: validate sector range and shift before rounding Ramesh Adhikari
2026-08-06 7:22 ` Coly Li
2026-08-04 5:41 ` [PATCH v7 0/2] badblocks: fix rounding bug and validate input range Ramesh Adhikari
2026-08-04 5:49 ` Coly Li
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