The return values of VDO_ASSERT calls that validate metadata are not acted upon. Return UDS_CORRUPT_DATA in case of an error. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: a4eb7e255517 ("dm vdo: implement the volume index") Signed-off-by: Ivan Abramov <i.abramov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Change approach as per Matthew Sakai's <msakai@xxxxxxxxxx> suggestion. Change subject and description accordingly. Also add Fixes tag. drivers/md/dm-vdo/indexer/volume-index.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-vdo/indexer/volume-index.c b/drivers/md/dm-vdo/indexer/volume-index.c index 12f954a0c532..afb062e1f1fb 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-vdo/indexer/volume-index.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-vdo/indexer/volume-index.c @@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static int start_restoring_volume_sub_index(struct volume_sub_index *sub_index, "%zu bytes decoded of %zu expected", offset, sizeof(buffer)); if (result != VDO_SUCCESS) - result = UDS_CORRUPT_DATA; + return UDS_CORRUPT_DATA; if (memcmp(header.magic, MAGIC_START_5, MAGIC_SIZE) != 0) { return vdo_log_warning_strerror(UDS_CORRUPT_DATA, @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int start_restoring_volume_index(struct volume_index *volume_index, "%zu bytes decoded of %zu expected", offset, sizeof(buffer)); if (result != VDO_SUCCESS) - result = UDS_CORRUPT_DATA; + return UDS_CORRUPT_DATA; if (memcmp(header.magic, MAGIC_START_6, MAGIC_SIZE) != 0) return vdo_log_warning_strerror(UDS_CORRUPT_DATA, -- 2.39.5