[PATCH 02/20] block: validate interval_exp integrity limit

Caleb Sander Mateos posted 20 patches 1 day, 17 hours ago
[PATCH 02/20] block: validate interval_exp integrity limit
Posted by Caleb Sander Mateos 1 day, 17 hours ago
Various code assumes that the integrity interval is at least 1 sector
and evenly divides the logical block size. Add these checks to
blk_validate_integrity_limits(). This guards against block drivers that
report invalid interval_exp values.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
---
 block/blk-settings.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index d138abc973bb..a9e65dc090da 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -191,12 +191,17 @@ static int blk_validate_integrity_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (!bi->interval_exp)
+	if (!bi->interval_exp) {
 		bi->interval_exp = ilog2(lim->logical_block_size);
+	} else if (bi->interval_exp < SECTOR_SHIFT ||
+		   bi->interval_exp > ilog2(lim->logical_block_size)) {
+		pr_warn("invalid interval_exp %u\n", bi->interval_exp);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The PI generation / validation helpers do not expect intervals to
 	 * straddle multiple bio_vecs.  Enforce alignment so that those are
 	 * never generated, and that each buffer is aligned as expected.
-- 
2.45.2
Re: [PATCH 02/20] block: validate interval_exp integrity limit
Posted by Christoph Hellwig 14 hours ago
On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:34:36PM -0700, Caleb Sander Mateos wrote:
> Various code assumes that the integrity interval is at least 1 sector
> and evenly divides the logical block size. Add these checks to
> blk_validate_integrity_limits(). This guards against block drivers that
> report invalid interval_exp values.

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Also please get this queued up ASAP.