From: syzbot <syzbot+de94ddbfff0c9e6fe030@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] md: enforce minimum of 2 disks for raid 4 and 5
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:27:23 -0700 [thread overview]
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Subject: [PATCH] md: enforce minimum of 2 disks for raid 4 and 5
Author: ryan.mehri1@gmail.com
#syz test
Signed-off-by: Ryan Mehri <ryan.mehri1@gmail.com>
---
drivers/md/raid5.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index ffb5fcde54a9..e02c579d4ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -7541,6 +7541,12 @@ static struct r5conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
mdname(mddev), mddev->new_layout);
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
+ if ((mddev->new_level == 4 || mddev->new_level == 5)
+ && mddev->raid_disks < 2) {
+ pr_warn("md/raid:%s: not enough configured devices (%d, minimum 2)\n",
+ mdname(mddev), mddev->raid_disks);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }
if (mddev->new_level == 6 && mddev->raid_disks < 4) {
pr_warn("md/raid:%s: not enough configured devices (%d, minimum 4)\n",
mdname(mddev), mddev->raid_disks);
--
2.55.0
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