From: tip-bot for Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com,
tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@linux.intel.com, matt.fleming@intel.com,
dan.carpenter@oracle.com
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, efi: Fix pointer math issue in handle_ramdisks()
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:27:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-c7b738351ba92f48b943ac59aff6b5b0f17f37c9@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120305180614.GA26880@elgon.mountain>
Commit-ID: c7b738351ba92f48b943ac59aff6b5b0f17f37c9
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/c7b738351ba92f48b943ac59aff6b5b0f17f37c9
Author: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 21:06:14 +0300
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:03:24 -0700
x86, efi: Fix pointer math issue in handle_ramdisks()
"filename" is a efi_char16_t string so this check for reaching the end
of the array doesn't work. We need to cast the pointer to (u8 *) before
doing the math.
This patch changes the "filename" to "filename_16" to avoid confusion in
the future.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120305180614.GA26880@elgon.mountain
Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index fec216f..0cdfc0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
struct initrd *initrd;
efi_file_handle_t *h;
efi_file_info_t *info;
- efi_char16_t filename[256];
+ efi_char16_t filename_16[256];
unsigned long info_sz;
efi_guid_t info_guid = EFI_FILE_INFO_ID;
efi_char16_t *p;
@@ -552,14 +552,14 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
str += 7;
initrd = &initrds[i];
- p = filename;
+ p = filename_16;
/* Skip any leading slashes */
while (*str == '/' || *str == '\\')
str++;
while (*str && *str != ' ' && *str != '\n') {
- if (p >= filename + sizeof(filename))
+ if ((u8 *)p >= (u8 *)filename_16 + sizeof(filename_16))
break;
*p++ = *str++;
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
goto free_initrds;
}
- status = efi_call_phys5(fh->open, fh, &h, filename,
+ status = efi_call_phys5(fh->open, fh, &h, filename_16,
EFI_FILE_MODE_READ, (u64)0);
if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
goto close_handles;
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-16 21:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-02 19:01 [patch] x86, efi: fix " Dan Carpenter
2012-03-03 7:54 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-03-05 18:06 ` [patch v2] " Dan Carpenter
2012-03-05 18:42 ` walter harms
2012-03-05 19:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-06 8:44 ` walter harms
2012-03-16 19:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-18 14:33 ` walter harms
2012-03-16 15:20 ` Matt Fleming
2012-03-16 21:27 ` tip-bot for Dan Carpenter [this message]
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