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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/char_dev.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c index 8a63cfa29005..6803e98414f1 100644 --- a/fs/char_dev.c +++ b/fs/char_dev.c @@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor, int ret = 0; int i; + if (minorct > MINORMASK + 1 - baseminor) { + pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" minor range requested (%u-%u) is out of range of maximum range (%u-%u) for a single major\n", + name, baseminor, baseminor + minorct - 1, 0, MINORMASK); + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); + } + cd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct), GFP_KERNEL); if (cd == NULL) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); |