Forwarded: [PATCH] check keys size before checksum calculation

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Date: Sat Aug 15 2026 - 03:44:04 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] check keys size before checksum calculation
Author: subasris1210@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git ba5cc80fd32665ed609037ff30ede8d194f24aab

Signed-off-by: Subasri S <subasris1210@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 97d9adb0bf96..49b3a2231820 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ static const char *read_super(struct cache_sb *sb, struct block_device *bdev,
if (memcmp(sb->magic, bcache_magic, 16))
goto err;

+
+ err = "Too many journal buckets";
+ if (sb->keys > SB_JOURNAL_BUCKETS)
+ goto err;
+
err = "Bad checksum";
if (s->csum != csum_set(s))
goto err;
--
2.43.0