[PATCH] xfs: fix acl count validation in xfs_acl_from_disk()

[Xi Wang]

Commit fa8b18ed didn't prevent the integer overflow and possible
memory corruption.  "count" can go negative and bypass the check.

Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
index 76e4266..ac702a6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ xfs_acl_from_disk(struct xfs_acl *aclp)
 	struct posix_acl_entry *acl_e;
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	struct xfs_acl_entry *ace;
-	int count, i;
+	unsigned int count, i;
 
 	count = be32_to_cpu(aclp->acl_cnt);
 	if (count > XFS_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES)
-- 
1.7.5.4

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