Merge tag 'efi-urgent' into x86/urgent
* Don't leak random kernel memory to EFI variable NVRAM when attempting
to initiate garbage collection. Also, free the kernel memory when
we're done with it instead of leaking - Ben Hutchings
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.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