[PATCH v2 04/16] device-mapper: Better error message for too-short target spec

Demi Marie Obenour
2023-05-30T20:31:54Z

Previously the error was "unable to find target", which is not helpful.

Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
---
drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index a1d5fe64e1d0d9d3dcb06924249b89fe661944ab..9f505abba3dc22bffc6acb335c0bf29fec288fd5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1423,9 +1423,6 @@ static int next_target(struct dm_target_spec *last, uint32_t next, void *end,
*spec = (struct dm_target_spec *) ((unsigned char *) last + next);
*target_params = (char *) (*spec + 1);

- if (*spec < (last + 1))
- return -EINVAL;
-
return invalid_str(*target_params, end);
}

@@ -1451,6 +1448,11 @@ static int populate_table(struct dm_table *table,
}

for (i = 0; i < param->target_count; i++) {
+ if (next < sizeof(*spec)) {
+ DMERR("%s: next target spec (offset %u) overlaps 'struct dm_target_spec'",
+ __func__, next);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }

r = next_target(spec, next, end, &spec, &target_params);
if (r) {