linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] EFI urgent fix

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Date:	Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:56:28 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] EFI urgent fix

The following changes since commit f8b8404337de4e2466e2e1139ea68b1f8295974f:

  Modify UEFI anti-bricking code (2013-06-10 21:59:37 +0100)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git tags/efi-urgent

for you to fetch changes up to b8cb62f82103083a6e8fa5470bfe634a2c06514d:

  x86/efi: Fix dummy variable buffer allocation (2013-06-21 10:52:49 +0100)

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 * 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

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Ben Hutchings (1):
      x86/efi: Fix dummy variable buffer allocation

 arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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