--- a/fs/fat/inode.c +++ b/fs/fat/inode.c @@ -1519,6 +1519,12 @@ static int fat_read_bpb(struct super_blo goto out; } + if (bpb->fat_fat_length == 0 && bpb->fat32_length == 0) { + if (!silent) + fat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "bogus number of FAT sectors"); + goto out; + } + error = 0; out: