* Re: [Drbd-dev] [patch] drbd: potential integer overflow in receive_SyncParam()
@ 2012-06-12 12:25 Lars Ellenberg
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From: Lars Ellenberg @ 2012-06-12 12:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernel-janitors
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:43:11AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I believe this comes from the network so there is a risk of integer
> overflow on 32 bit. Using kcalloc() is a little cleaner as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
> index ea4836e..1e27876 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
> @@ -2902,7 +2902,7 @@ static int receive_SyncParam(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packets cmd, unsi
>
> fifo_size = (mdev->sync_conf.c_plan_ahead * 10 * SLEEP_TIME) / HZ;
> if (fifo_size != mdev->rs_plan_s.size && fifo_size > 0) {
> - rs_plan_s = kzalloc(sizeof(int) * fifo_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> + rs_plan_s = kcalloc(fifo_size, sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!rs_plan_s) {
> dev_err(DEV, "kmalloc of fifo_buffer failed");
> goto disconnect;
sync_conf.c_plan_ahead is capped at 300 by drbdsetup.
But yes, since this is not enforced in kernel code,
your fix is correct.
Lars
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