The test here can underflow so we pass bogus lengths to the hardware. It's a static checker fix and I don't know the impact. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pg.c b/drivers/block/paride/pg.c index 4a27b1d..2ce3dfd 100644 --- a/drivers/block/paride/pg.c +++ b/drivers/block/paride/pg.c @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static ssize_t pg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, if (hdr.magic != PG_MAGIC) return -EINVAL; - if (hdr.dlen > PG_MAX_DATA) + if (hdr.dlen < 0 || hdr.dlen > PG_MAX_DATA) return -EINVAL; if ((count - hs) > PG_MAX_DATA) return -EINVAL; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html