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From: Vladis Dronov <vdronov@redhat.com>
To: joeyli <jlee@suse.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] efi: fix a race and a buffer overflow while reading efivars via sysfs
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 01:17:29 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1322502214.13237657.1583389049605.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200305060123.GS16878@linux-l9pv.suse>

Hello, Joey, all,

> > -	var->DataSize = 1024;
> > -	if (efivar_entry_get(entry, &entry->var.Attributes,
> > -			     &entry->var.DataSize, entry->var.Data))
> > +	ret = efivar_entry_get(entry, &var->Attributes, &datasize, var->Data);
> > +	var->DataSize = size;
> 
> The size is indeterminate here. I think that it should uses datasize?
> 	var->DataSize = datasize;

Indeed, my mistake. Thank you much! I will fix it in the v3 patchset I'm
currently composing.

Best regards,
Vladis Dronov | Red Hat, Inc. | The Core Kernel | Senior Software Engineer


  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-05  6:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-03  8:55 [PATCH] efi: fix a race and a buffer overflow while reading efivars via sysfs Vladis Dronov
2020-03-03  9:15 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-03 10:14   ` Vladis Dronov
2020-03-03 10:20     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-03 10:24     ` Vladis Dronov
2020-03-04  6:51       ` joeyli
2020-03-04 15:45   ` Vladis Dronov
2020-03-04 15:47     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-04 15:49   ` [PATCH v2] " Vladis Dronov
2020-03-04 15:57     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-04 17:18       ` Vladis Dronov
2020-03-04 17:21         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-05  6:01     ` joeyli
2020-03-05  6:17       ` Vladis Dronov [this message]
2020-03-05  8:40   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] efi: fix a race and add a sanity check Vladis Dronov
2020-03-05  8:40     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] efi: fix a race and a buffer overflow while reading efivars via sysfs Vladis Dronov
2020-03-05  8:45       ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-05 10:52         ` Vladis Dronov
2020-03-08 16:38       ` [tip: efi/urgent] efi: Fix " tip-bot2 for Vladis Dronov
2020-03-05  8:40     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] efi: add a sanity check to efivar_store_raw() Vladis Dronov
2020-03-08 16:38       ` [tip: efi/urgent] efi: Add " tip-bot2 for Vladis Dronov
2020-03-05  8:40     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] efi: fix a mistype in comments mentioning efivar_entry_iter_begin() Vladis Dronov
2020-03-05  8:51     ` [PATCH v3 0/3] efi: fix a race and add a sanity check Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-04 14:07 ` [PATCH] efi: fix a race and a buffer overflow while reading efivars via sysfs joeyli
2020-03-04 16:06   ` Vladis Dronov

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