ext4: avoid potential data overflow in next_linear_group
ngroups is ext4_group_t (unsigned int) while next_linear_group treat it in int. If ngroups is bigger than max number described by int, it will be treat as a negative number. Then "return group + 1 >= ngroups ? 0 : group + 1;" may keep returning 0. Switch int to ext4_group_t in next_linear_group to fix the overflow. Fixes: 196e402a ("ext4: improve cr 0 / cr 1 group scanning") Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com> Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801143204.2284343-3-shikemeng@huaweicloud.comSigned-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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