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-rw-r--r--block/genhd.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index bd3060684ab2..0a536dc05f3b 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1070,9 +1070,16 @@ int disk_expand_part_tbl(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
struct disk_part_tbl *old_ptbl = disk->part_tbl;
struct disk_part_tbl *new_ptbl;
int len = old_ptbl ? old_ptbl->len : 0;
- int target = partno + 1;
+ int i, target;
size_t size;
- int i;
+
+ /*
+ * check for int overflow, since we can get here from blkpg_ioctl()
+ * with a user passed 'partno'.
+ */
+ target = partno + 1;
+ if (target < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
/* disk_max_parts() is zero during initialization, ignore if so */
if (disk_max_parts(disk) && target > disk_max_parts(disk))