From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Josh Triplett <josh-iaAMLnmF4UmaiuxdJuQwMA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>,
mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org,
tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org,
linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/EFI: additional checks in efi_bgrt_init()
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 18:43:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121105184346.GA13508@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121105183751.GA9031@jtriplet-mobl1>
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 10:37:52AM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 03:26:41PM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > Header length should be validated for all ACPI tables before accessing
> > any non-header field.
> >
> > The valid flags should also be check, as with it clear there's no point
> > in trying to go through the rest of the code (and there's no guarantee
> > that the other table contents are valid/consistent in that case).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
>
> The length check seems reasonable. However, Matthew Garrett (already
> CCed) previously suggested to me that this code should not check the
> "valid" bit, and should instead present the information to userspace if
> otherwise valid (such as having image_address != 0). Matthew?
Yeah, my interpretation of the spec is that "valid" indicates whether or
not the contents represent what's currently on the screen, not whether
or not the contents can be interpreted for other reasons.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-05 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-05 15:26 [PATCH] x86/EFI: additional checks in efi_bgrt_init() Jan Beulich
[not found] ` <5097E8C102000078000A661B-ce6RLXgGx+vWGUEhTRrCg1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2012-11-05 18:37 ` Josh Triplett
2012-11-05 18:43 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
[not found] ` <20121105184346.GA13508-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-11-05 19:00 ` Josh Triplett
2012-11-06 8:57 ` Jan Beulich
[not found] ` <5098DEF202000078000A695F-ce6RLXgGx+vWGUEhTRrCg1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2012-11-06 12:55 ` Josh Triplett
2012-11-06 13:37 ` Jan Beulich
[not found] ` <5099209602000078000A6B3C-ce6RLXgGx+vWGUEhTRrCg1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2012-11-06 16:16 ` Josh Triplett
2012-11-07 14:48 ` Jan Beulich
[not found] ` <509A82E402000078000A6FC8-ce6RLXgGx+vWGUEhTRrCg1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2012-11-07 14:52 ` Matthew Garrett
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