public inbox for linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Steev Klimaszewski <steev@kali.org>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
	Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] efi: random: fix NULL-deref when refreshing seed
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:08:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y6BwVj93vv3hYoOe@hovoldconsulting.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y6Bucfoykf2lMdQQ@zx2c4.com>

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 03:00:17PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 11:12:37AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > Do not try to refresh the RNG seed in case the firmware does not support
> > setting variables.
> > 
> > This is specifically needed to prevent a NULL-pointer dereference on the
> > Lenovo X13s with some firmware revisions, or more generally, whenever
> > the runtime services have been disabled (e.g. efi=noruntime or with
> > PREEMPT_RT).
> > 
> > Fixes: e7b813b32a42 ("efi: random: refresh non-volatile random seed when RNG is initialized")
> > Reported-by: Steev Klimaszewski <steev@kali.org>
> > Reported-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
> > Tested-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@redhat.com> # sc8280xp-lenovo-thinkpad-x13s
> > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > 
> > Changes in v2
> >  - amend commit message with a comment on this being needed whenever the
> >    runtime services have been disabled
> 
> I'll queue up the one with the amended commit message.

Perfect, thanks!

Johan

  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-19 14:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-19 10:12 [PATCH v2] efi: random: fix NULL-deref when refreshing seed Johan Hovold
2022-12-19 14:00 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-12-19 14:08   ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2022-12-19 14:40 ` Steev Klimaszewski

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=Y6BwVj93vv3hYoOe@hovoldconsulting.com \
    --to=johan@kernel.org \
    --cc=Jason@zx2c4.com \
    --cc=ahalaney@redhat.com \
    --cc=andersson@kernel.org \
    --cc=ardb@kernel.org \
    --cc=johan+linaro@kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-efi@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=steev@kali.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox