ida_alloc_range(..., min, max, ...) returns values from min to max,
inclusive.
So, NR_EXT_DEVT is a valid idx returned by blk_alloc_ext_minor().
This is an issue because in device_add_disk(), this value is used in:
ddev->devt = MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor);
and NR_EXT_DEVT is '(1 << MINORBITS)'.
So, should 'disk->first_minor' be NR_EXT_DEVT, it would overflow.
Fixes: 22ae8ce8b892 ("block: simplify bdev/disk lookup in blkdev_get")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
#define MKDEV(ma,mi) (((ma) << MINORBITS) | (mi))
This patch is completely speculative, but it seems that idr_alloc() and
ida_alloc_range() don't have the same semantic regarding the upper bound.
idr_alloc() looks exclusive, while ida_alloc_range() is inclusive.
We changed from the first one to the other one in the commit in Fixes:.
---
block/genhd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index c9a4fc90d3e9..b8b6759d670f 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int blk_alloc_ext_minor(void)
{
int idx;
- idx = ida_alloc_range(&ext_devt_ida, 0, NR_EXT_DEVT, GFP_KERNEL);
+ idx = ida_alloc_range(&ext_devt_ida, 0, NR_EXT_DEVT - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (idx == -ENOSPC)
return -EBUSY;
return idx;
--
2.32.0
