efi, pstore: Remove entry from list when erasing
authorMatt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:06:37 +0000 (20:06 +0100)
committerMatt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:03:02 +0000 (16:03 +0100)
commit12abcfde1ad3ee9bed726d25fdd4eeb31026b187
tree345350110b780e84ff326df0804fb59c7a8f9886
parent4ee39e979c80543095601b4bd812565a0928b56d
efi, pstore: Remove entry from list when erasing

We need to remove the entry from the EFI variable list before we erase
it from the variable store and free the associated state, otherwise it's
possible to hit the following crash,

  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
  IP: [<ffffffff8142ea0f>] __efivar_entry_iter+0xcf/0x120
  PGD 19483f067 PUD 195426067 PMD 0
  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
  [...]
  Call Trace:
   [<ffffffff81430ebf>] efi_pstore_erase+0xef/0x140
   [<ffffffff81003138>] ? math_error+0x288/0x2d0
   [<ffffffff811ea491>] pstore_unlink+0x41/0x60
   [<ffffffff811741ff>] vfs_unlink+0x9f/0x110
   [<ffffffff8117813b>] do_unlinkat+0x18b/0x280
   [<ffffffff8116d7e6>] ? sys_newfstatat+0x36/0x50
   [<ffffffff81178472>] sys_unlinkat+0x22/0x40
   [<ffffffff81543282>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Reported-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Tested-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c