2009-09-15 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>

* partmap/pc.c (pc_partition_map_iterate): Detect and break loops.
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phcoder 2009-09-15 10:36:29 +00:00
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2009-09-15 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
* partmap/pc.c (pc_partition_map_iterate): Detect and break loops.
2009-09-14 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* commands/test.c (get_fileinfo): Return immediately if

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@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ pc_partition_map_iterate (grub_disk_t disk,
struct grub_msdos_partition_mbr mbr;
struct grub_msdos_partition_disk_label label;
struct grub_disk raw;
int labeln = 0;
grub_disk_addr_t lastaddr;
/* Enforce raw disk access. */
raw = *disk;
@ -117,6 +119,18 @@ pc_partition_map_iterate (grub_disk_t disk,
if (grub_disk_read (&raw, p.offset, 0, sizeof (mbr), &mbr))
goto finish;
/* This is our loop-detection algorithm. It works the following way:
It saves last position which was a power of two. Then it compares the
saved value with a current one. This way it's guaranteed that the loop
will be broken by at most third walk.
*/
if (labeln && lastaddr == p.offset)
return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_PART_TABLE, "loop detected");
labeln++;
if ((labeln & (labeln - 1)) == 0)
lastaddr = p.offset;
/* Check if it is valid. */
if (mbr.signature != grub_cpu_to_le16 (GRUB_PC_PARTITION_SIGNATURE))
return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_PART_TABLE, "no signature");