linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] efi: Check EFI revision in setup_efi

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Message-ID: <5177F824.3080506@intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:20:04 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>
CC:	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] efi: Check EFI revision in setup_efi_vars

On 24/04/13 16:16, Josh Boyer wrote:
> We need to check the runtime sys_table for the EFI version the firmware
> specifies instead of just checking for a NULL QueryVariableInfo.  Older
> implementations of EFI don't have QueryVariableInfo but the runtime is
> a smaller structure, so the pointer to it may be pointing off into garbage.
> 
> This is apparently the case with several Apple firmwares that support EFI
> 1.10, and the current check causes them to no longer boot.  Fix based on
> a suggestion from Matthew Garrett.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>
> ---
>  v2: Drop the unnecessary NULL check
> 
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks, applied.
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