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-rw-r--r--fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 3083643b864b..bfe884d624e7 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -454,7 +454,13 @@ static int fanotify_encode_fh(struct fanotify_fh *fh, struct inode *inode,
dwords = fh_len >> 2;
type = exportfs_encode_fid(inode, buf, &dwords);
err = -EINVAL;
- if (type <= 0 || type == FILEID_INVALID || fh_len != dwords << 2)
+ /*
+ * Unlike file_handle, type and len of struct fanotify_fh are u8.
+ * Traditionally, filesystem return handle_type < 0xff, but there
+ * is no enforecement for that in vfs.
+ */
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_HANDLE_SZ > 0xff || FILEID_INVALID > 0xff);
+ if (type <= 0 || type >= FILEID_INVALID || fh_len != dwords << 2)
goto out_err;
fh->type = type;