From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
To: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>
Cc: error27@gmail.com, smatch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH smatch] check_idr_alloc: Add a new check to detect start values < 0
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:10:16 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aaFtiCiuKK35KuSr@stanley.mountain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260226132137.4179762-1-harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>
On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 05:21:37AM -0800, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote:
> Motivation: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2026021413-CVE-2026-23149-8329@gregkh/
>
> When user controlled data can pass start values < 0 to idr_alloc()
> kernel hits a WARN_ON in run time. This check is to catch that using
> static analysis.
>
> Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>
> ---
Applied. Thanks, Harshit!
regads,
dan carpenter
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2026-02-26 13:21 [PATCH smatch] check_idr_alloc: Add a new check to detect start values < 0 Harshit Mogalapalli
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