Added a check for ubi_num for negative numbers If the variable ubi_num takes negative values then we get: qemu-system-arm ... -append "ubi.mtd=0,0,0,-22222345" ... [ 0.745065] ubi_attach_mtd_dev from ubi_init+0x178/0x218 [ 0.745230] ubi_init from do_one_initcall+0x70/0x1ac [ 0.745344] do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x198/0x224 [ 0.745474] kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x18/0x134 [ 0.745600] kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28 [ 0.745727] Exception stack(0x90015fb0 to 0x90015ff8) Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: 83ff59a06663 ("UBI: support ubi_num on mtd.ubi command line") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Denis Arefev <arefev@xxxxxxxxx> --- V1 -> V2: changed the tag Fixes and moved the check to ubi_mtd_param_parse() drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c index 30be4ed68fad..ef6a22f372f9 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c @@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ static int ubi_mtd_param_parse(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp) if (token) { int err = kstrtoint(token, 10, &p->ubi_num); - if (err) { + if (err || p->ubi_num < UBI_DEV_NUM_AUTO) { pr_err("UBI error: bad value for ubi_num parameter: %s\n", token); return -EINVAL; -- 2.25.1