@@ -1394,6 +1394,13 @@ static inline fmode_t get_mode(struct dm_ioctl *param)
static int next_target(struct dm_target_spec *last, uint32_t next, void *end,
struct dm_target_spec **spec, char **target_params)
{
+ static_assert(_Alignof(struct dm_target_spec) <= 8,
+ "struct dm_target_spec has excessive alignment requirements");
+ if (next % 8) {
+ DMERR("Next target spec (offset %u) is not 8-byte aligned", next);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
*spec = (struct dm_target_spec *) ((unsigned char *) last + next);
*target_params = (char *) (*spec + 1);
Otherwise subsequent code will dereference a misaligned `struct dm_target_spec *`, which is undefined behavior. Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)