[patch] mtd: sanity check input

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If "ur_idx" is wrong we could go past the end of the array.  The
"ur_idx" comes from root so it's not a huge deal, but adding a sanity
check makes the code more robust.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index a825002..9c00549 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@ static int mtd_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
 		if (get_user(ur_idx, &(ur->regionindex)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
+		if (ur_idx >= mtd->numeraseregions)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		kr = &(mtd->eraseregions[ur_idx]);
 
 		if (put_user(kr->offset, &(ur->offset))
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