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-rw-r--r--kernel/pid_namespace.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index eb00be20581..7b07cc0dfb7 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -71,12 +71,22 @@ err_alloc:
return NULL;
}
+/* MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL is needed for limiting size of 'struct pid' */
+#define MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL 32
+
static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *parent_pid_ns)
{
struct pid_namespace *ns;
unsigned int level = parent_pid_ns->level + 1;
- int i, err = -ENOMEM;
+ int i;
+ int err;
+
+ if (level > MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ err = -ENOMEM;
ns = kmem_cache_zalloc(pid_ns_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
if (ns == NULL)
goto out;