On Tue, Oct 21 2014 at 8:43am -0400, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "sb" is a dm_raid_superblock struct pointer so the pointer math doesn't > work and we will end up corrupting memory. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c > index b802644..a7cb9dd 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c > @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static void super_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev) > test_bit(Faulty, &(rs->dev[i].rdev.flags))) > failed_devices |= (1ULL << i); > > - memset(sb + sizeof(*sb), 0, rdev->sb_size - sizeof(*sb)); > + memset(sb + 1, 0, rdev->sb_size - sizeof(*sb)); > > sb->magic = cpu_to_le32(DM_RAID_MAGIC); > sb->features = cpu_to_le32(0); /* No features yet */ Not following... sizeof(*sb) != sizeof(sb). So I'm not seeing a problem. Nor am I seeing how you think sb + 1 is equivalent to what Heinz intended (zero the memory following the sizeof(struct dm_raid_superblock)). -- 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
