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authorDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>2009-08-26 14:29:22 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-08-26 20:06:52 -0700
commitb62e408c05228f40e69bb38a48db8961cac6cd23 (patch)
tree40711bad4a60adb8f331d71574ec61e13c5a352d /mm/maccess.c
parent8e7ee27095aee87b5db1b0061e2ceea5878a1bbd (diff)
flex_array: convert element_nr formals to unsigned
It's problematic to allow signed element_nr's or total's to be passed as part of the flex array API. flex_array_alloc() allows total_nr_elements to be set to a negative quantity, which is obviously erroneous. flex_array_get() and flex_array_put() allows negative array indices in dereferencing an array part, which could address memory mapped before struct flex_array. The fix is to convert all existing element_nr formals to be qualified as unsigned. Existing checks to compare it to total_nr_elements or the max array size based on element_size need not be changed. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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