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Commit 16b71fdf authored by Samuel CUELLA's avatar Samuel CUELLA Committed by Linus Torvalds
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i810: fix kernel crash fix when struct fb_var_screeninfo is supplied



Prevent the kernel from being crashed by a divide-by-zero operation when
supplied an incorrectly filled 'struct fb_var_screeninfo' from userland.

Previously i810_main.c:1005 (i810_check_params) was using the global
'yres' symbol previously defined at i810_main.c:145 as a module parameter
value holder (i810_main.c:2174).  If i810fb is compiled-in or if this
param doesn't get a default value, this direct usage leads to a
divide-by-zero at i810_main.c:1005 (i810_check_params).  The patch simply
replace the 'yres' global, perhaps undefined symbol usage by a given
parameter structure lookup.

This problem occurs with directfb, mplayer -vo fbdev, SDL library.
It was also reported ( but non solved ) at:

	http://mail.directfb.org/pipermail/directfb-dev/2008-March/004050.html

Signed-off-by: default avatarSamuel CUELLA <samuel.cuella@supinfo.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 9233ecc5
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