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[thirdparty/kernel/stable-queue.git] / releases / 3.6.2 / lib-gcd.c-prevent-possible-div-by-0.patch

From e96875677fb2b7cb739c5d7769824dff7260d31d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 17:13:18 -0700
Subject: lib/gcd.c: prevent possible div by 0

From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>

commit e96875677fb2b7cb739c5d7769824dff7260d31d upstream.

Account for all properties when a and/or b are 0:
gcd(0, 0) = 0
gcd(a, 0) = a
gcd(0, b) = b

Fixes no known problems in current kernels.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 lib/gcd.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/lib/gcd.c
+++ b/lib/gcd.c
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ unsigned long gcd(unsigned long a, unsig
 
 	if (a < b)
 		swap(a, b);
+
+	if (!b)
+		return a;
 	while ((r = a % b) != 0) {
 		a = b;
 		b = r;