We trust the 'desc_nr' field in v1.x metadata enough to use it as an index in an array. This isn't really safe. So range-check the value first. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/md.c | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index 5bd7896..fc04963 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -1308,7 +1308,12 @@ static int super_1_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev) } if (mddev->level != LEVEL_MULTIPATH) { int role; - role = le16_to_cpu(sb->dev_roles[rdev->desc_nr]); + if (rdev->desc_nr < 0 || + rdev->desc_nr >= le32_to_cpu(sb->max_dev)) { + role = 0xffff; + rdev->desc_nr = -1; + } else + role = le16_to_cpu(sb->dev_roles[rdev->desc_nr]); switch(role) { case 0xffff: /* spare */ break; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html