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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:45:20 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc: Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>,
Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pstore: fix NULL pointer dereference in console writes
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Passing a NULL id causes a NULL pointer deference in writers
> such as erst_writer and efi_pstore_write because they expect
> to update this id. Pass a dummy id instead.
>
> This avoids a cascade of oopses caused when the initial
> pstore_console_write passes a null which in turn causes
> writes to the console causing further oopses in subsequent
> pstore_console_write calls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Good catch; thanks!
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
-Kees
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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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