[PATCH v2] md/raid5: reject raid4/5 arrays with too few disks
From: Chen Cheng
Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 06:44:05 EST
From: Chen Cheng <chencheng@xxxxxxxxx>
raid4 requires at least two disks and raid5 requires at least three disks,
but setup_conf() only rejects raid6 arrays with fewer than four disks. As a
result, an invalid raid4 or raid5 array can be assembled with no data disks
and later reach raid5_set_limits().
Reject such arrays before the r5conf is created. This prevents the invalid
geometry from reaching queue limit setup, where roundup_pow_of_two() can be
called with a zero stripe size.
Reported-by: syzbot+de94ddbfff0c9e6fe030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6a778c82.01d0871a.3a0d52.006a.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: f63f17350e53 ("md/raid5: use the atomic queue limit update APIs")
Signed-off-by: Chen Cheng <chencheng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v1->v2:
- Fix wrong tags
- Check raid-4 also
---
drivers/md/raid5.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index b91545ce090d..4d8bb0cf2605 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -7655,13 +7655,16 @@ static struct r5conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
&& !algorithm_valid_raid6(mddev->new_layout))) {
pr_warn("md/raid:%s: layout %d not supported\n",
mdname(mddev), mddev->new_layout);
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
- if (mddev->new_level == 6 && mddev->raid_disks < 4) {
- pr_warn("md/raid:%s: not enough configured devices (%d, minimum 4)\n",
- mdname(mddev), mddev->raid_disks);
+ if ((mddev->new_level == 4 && mddev->raid_disks < 2) ||
+ (mddev->new_level == 5 && mddev->raid_disks < 3) ||
+ (mddev->new_level == 6 && mddev->raid_disks < 4)) {
+ pr_warn("md/raid:%s: not enough configured devices (%d, minimum %d)\n",
+ mdname(mddev), mddev->raid_disks,
+ mddev->new_level - 2);
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
if (!mddev->new_chunk_sectors ||
(mddev->new_chunk_sectors << 9) % PAGE_SIZE ||
--
2.55.0