@@ -1744,7 +1744,17 @@ static int nbd_dev_add(int index)
refcount_set(&nbd->refs, 1);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nbd->list);
disk->major = NBD_MAJOR;
+
+ /* Too big first_minor can cause duplicate creation of
+ * sysfs files/links, since first_minor will be truncated to
+ * byte in __device_add_disk().
+ */
disk->first_minor = index << part_shift;
+ if (disk->first_minor > 0xff) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_free_idr;
+ }
+
disk->fops = &nbd_fops;
disk->private_data = nbd;
sprintf(disk->disk_name, "nbd%d", index);