linux-kernel - [patch v2] x86, efi: fix pointer math issue in handle

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Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 21:06:14 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch v2] x86, efi: fix pointer math issue in handle_ramdisks()

"filename" is a efi_char16_t string so this check for reaching the end
of the array doesn't work.  We need to cast the pointer to (u8 *) before
doing the math.

This patch changes the "filename" to "filename_16" to avoid confusion in
the future.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
v2: Rename "filename" to "filename_16"
    Also changed cast from (char *) to (u8 *) because it's not a C
    character string.  Ingo suggested (void *) but that's a GCCism
    I think.

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index fec216f..0cdfc0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
 		struct initrd *initrd;
 		efi_file_handle_t *h;
 		efi_file_info_t *info;
-		efi_char16_t filename[256];
+		efi_char16_t filename_16[256];
 		unsigned long info_sz;
 		efi_guid_t info_guid = EFI_FILE_INFO_ID;
 		efi_char16_t *p;
@@ -552,14 +552,14 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
 		str += 7;
 
 		initrd = &initrds[i];
-		p = filename;
+		p = filename_16;
 
 		/* Skip any leading slashes */
 		while (*str == '/' || *str == '\\')
 			str++;
 
 		while (*str && *str != ' ' && *str != '\n') {
-			if (p >= filename + sizeof(filename))
+			if ((u8 *)p >= (u8 *)filename_16 + sizeof(filename_16))
 				break;
 
 			*p++ = *str++;
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
 				goto free_initrds;
 		}
 
-		status = efi_call_phys5(fh->open, fh, &h, filename,
+		status = efi_call_phys5(fh->open, fh, &h, filename_16,
 					EFI_FILE_MODE_READ, (u64)0);
 		if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
 			goto close_handles;
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