linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.2 068/221] firmware: dmi_scan: Fix dmi

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Date:	Wed, 06 May 2015 16:28:02 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	"ivan.khoronzhuk" <ivan.khoronzhuk@...ballogic.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ard@...aro.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.2 068/221] firmware: dmi_scan: Fix dmi_len type

On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 11:43 +0300, ivan.khoronzhuk wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> There is no need in this patch for 3.2, only beginning from 3.19.
> SMBIOSv3 is absent in k3.2, and for previous SMBIOS versions 16-bit dmi len
> is enough. It should had been mentioned in the commit/code, sorry.

Thanks, I thought I had dropped the fixes for SMBIOSv3 but evidently I
missed one.

Ben.

> On 05.05.15 04:16, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > 3.2.69-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> > From: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
> >
> > commit 6d9ff473317245e3e5cd9922b4520411c2296388 upstream.
> >
> > According to SMBIOSv3 specification the length of DMI table can be
> > up to 32bits wide. So use appropriate type to avoid overflow.
> >
> > It's obvious that dmi_num theoretically can be more than u16 also,
> > so it's can be changed to u32 or at least it's better to use int
> > instead of u16, but on that moment I cannot imagine dmi structure
> > count more than 65535 and it can require changing type of vars that
> > work with it. So I didn't correct it.
> >
> > Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard@...aro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
> > [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> > ---
> >   drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 4 ++--
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
> > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static char * __init dmi_string(const st
> >    *	We have to be cautious here. We have seen BIOSes with DMI pointers
> >    *	pointing to completely the wrong place for example
> >    */
> > -static void dmi_table(u8 *buf, int len, int num,
> > +static void dmi_table(u8 *buf, u32 len, int num,
> >   		      void (*decode)(const struct dmi_header *, void *),
> >   		      void *private_data)
> >   {
> > @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static void dmi_table(u8 *buf, int len,
> >   }
> >   
> >   static u32 dmi_base;
> > -static u16 dmi_len;
> > +static u32 dmi_len;
> >   static u16 dmi_num;
> >   
> >   static int __init dmi_walk_early(void (*decode)(const struct dmi_header *,
> >
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Ben Hutchings
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