fs/partitions/ldm.c: fix oops caused by corrupted partition table

The kernel automatically evaluates partition tables of storage devices.
The code for evaluating LDM partitions (in fs/partitions/ldm.c) contains
a bug that causes a kernel oops on certain corrupted LDM partitions.
A kernel subsystem seems to crash, because, after the oops, the kernel no
longer recognizes newly connected storage devices.

The patch validates the value of vblk_size.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Timo Warns <warns@pre-sense.de>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Cc: Richard Russon <rich@flatcap.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Timo Warns 2011-04-14 15:21:56 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit c340b1d640