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authorJody Bruchon <jody@nctritech.com>2010-02-06 10:46:26 -0500
committerTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2010-02-09 21:33:33 +0100
commitfed08d036f2aabd8d0c684439de37f8ebec2bbc2 (patch)
tree508e27908042763bc2f2c4debbea415e6fe4ff92 /sound/pci/hda
parent9492837a6f54b069e13e40e3c89898bb8837a386 (diff)
ALSA: hda-intel: Avoid divide by zero crash
On my AMD780V chipset, hda_intel.c can crash the kernel with a divide by zero for as-yet unknown reasons. A simple check for zero prevents it, though the problem that causes it remains. Since the workaround is harmless and won't affect anyone except victims of this bug, it should be safe; moreover, because this crash can be triggered by a user-mode application, there are denial of service implications on the systems affected by the bug without the patch. Signed-off-by: Jody Bruchon <jody@nctritech.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'sound/pci/hda')
-rw-r--r--sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index b8faa6dc5ab..e767c3f395a 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -1893,6 +1893,12 @@ static int azx_position_ok(struct azx *chip, struct azx_dev *azx_dev)
if (!bdl_pos_adj[chip->dev_index])
return 1; /* no delayed ack */
+ if (azx_dev->period_bytes == 0) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "hda-intel: Divide by zero was avoided "
+ "in azx_dev->period_bytes.\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
if (pos % azx_dev->period_bytes > azx_dev->period_bytes / 2)
return 0; /* NG - it's below the period boundary */
return 1; /* OK, it's fine */