The kernel automatically evaluates partition tables of storage devices.
The code for evaluating LDM partitions (in fs/partitions/ldm.c) contains
a bug that causes a kernel oops on certain corrupted LDM partitions. A
kernel subsystem seems to crash, because, after the oops, the kernel no
longer recognizes newly connected storage devices.
The patch changes ldm_parse_vmdb() to Validate the value of vblk_size.
Signed-off-by: Timo Warns <warns@pre-sense.de>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg>
Acked-by: Richard Russon <ldm@flatcap.org>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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