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 <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 5ae2eb0..d2fbced 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,10 @@
* 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 @@
0, dummy);
}
+ kfree(dummy);
+
/*
* The runtime code may now have triggered a garbage collection
* run, so check the variable info again