Re: [PATCH] libata: Avoid overflow in ata_tf_to_lba48() when tf->hba_lbal> 127

[Robert Hancock]

Roland Dreier wrote:
> In ata_tf_to_lba48(), when evaluating
>
> 	(tf->hob_lbal & 0xff) << 24
>
> the expression is promoted to signed int (since int can hold all values
> of u8).  However, if hob_lbal is 128 or more, then it is treated as a
> negative signed value and sign-extended when promoted to u64 to | into
> sectors, which leads to the MSB 32 bits of section getting set
> incorrectly.
>
> For example, Phillip O'Donnell <phillip.odonnell@xxxxxxxxx> reported
> that a 1.5GB drive caused:
>
>     ata3.00: HPA detected: current 2930277168, native 18446744072344861488
>
> where 2930277168 == 0xAEA87B30 and 18446744072344861488 == 0xffffffffaea87b30
> which shows the problem when hob_lbal is 0xae.
>
> Fix this by adding a cast to u64, just as is used by for hob_lbah and
> hob_lbam in the function.
>
> Reported-by: Phillip O'Donnell <phillip.odonnell@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@xxxxxxxxx>

This should be pushed to -stable as well once it's merged..
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