Re: [PATCH] libata: array underflow in ata_find_dev()

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Hello,

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 01:06:41PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> My static checker complains that "devno" can be negative, meaning that
> we read before the start of the loop.  I've looked at the code, and I
> think the warning is right.  This come from /proc so it's root only or
> it would be quite a quite a serious bug.  The call tree looks like this:
> 
> proc_scsi_write() <- gets id and channel from simple_strtoul()
> -> scsi_add_single_device() <- calls shost->transportt->user_scan()
>    -> ata_scsi_user_scan()
>       -> ata_find_dev()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

I'm impressed that the static checker caught this.  Thanks a lot for
the fix, and lol at the code. :) Applied to libata/for-4.13-fixes w/
stable cc'd.

Thanks!

-- 
tejun
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