FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ext4: in ext4_seek_{hole,data}, return -ENXIO for negative" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From: "Darrick J. Wong" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:22:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: in ext4_seek_{hole,data}, return -ENXIO for negative
offsets

In the ext4 implementations of SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA, make sure we return -ENXIO for negative offsets instead of banging around inside the extent code and returning -EFSCORRUPTED.

index 0d7cf0cc9b87..86ea1d92839a 100644
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static loff_t ext4_seek_data(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t maxsize)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 
 	isize = i_size_read(inode);
-	if (offset >= isize) {
+	if (offset < 0 || offset >= isize) {
 		inode_unlock(inode);
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}

@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static loff_t ext4_seek_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t maxsize)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 
 	isize = i_size_read(inode);
-	if (offset >= isize) {
+	if (offset < 0 || offset >= isize) {
 		inode_unlock(inode);
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}