From b8cb62f82103083a6e8fa5470bfe634a2c06514d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:27:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] x86/efi: Fix dummy variable buffer allocation 1. Check for allocation failure 2. Clear the buffer contents, as they may actually be written to flash 3. Don't leak the buffer Compile-tested only. [ Tested successfully on my buggy ASUS machine - Matt ] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming --- arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c index 5ae2eb09419e..d2fbcedcf6ea 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c @@ -1069,7 +1069,10 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size) * that by attempting to use more space than is available. */ unsigned long dummy_size = remaining_size + 1024; - void *dummy = kmalloc(dummy_size, GFP_ATOMIC); + void *dummy = kzalloc(dummy_size, GFP_ATOMIC); + + if (!dummy) + return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES; status = efi.set_variable(efi_dummy_name, &EFI_DUMMY_GUID, EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE | @@ -1089,6 +1092,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size) 0, dummy); } + kfree(dummy); + /* * The runtime code may now have triggered a garbage collection * run, so check the variable info again -- 2.20.1