2009-07-24  Felix Zielcke  <address@hidden>

	* partmap/pc.c (pc_partition_map_iterate): Don't loop forever
	in case the partition table is corrupted.

diff --git a/partmap/pc.c b/partmap/pc.c
index 6f68ecf..0271311 100644
--- a/partmap/pc.c
+++ b/partmap/pc.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ pc_partition_map_iterate (grub_disk_t disk,
   struct grub_pc_partition_mbr mbr;
   struct grub_pc_partition_disk_label label;
   struct grub_disk raw;
+  int loop;
 
   /* Enforce raw disk access.  */
   raw = *disk;
@@ -108,11 +109,13 @@ pc_partition_map_iterate (grub_disk_t disk,
   p.data = &pcdata;
   p.partmap = &grub_pc_partition_map;
 
-  while (1)
+  loop = 0;
+  while (loop < 100)
     {
       int i;
       struct grub_pc_partition_entry *e;
 
+      loop++;
       /* Read the MBR.  */
       if (grub_disk_read (&raw, p.offset, 0, sizeof (mbr), &mbr))
 	goto finish;
@@ -221,6 +224,9 @@ pc_partition_map_iterate (grub_disk_t disk,
 	break;
     }
 
+  if (loop == 100)
+    return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_PART_TABLE, "Corrupted partition table found.");
+
  finish:
   return grub_errno;
 }