linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi-pstore: Fix read iter after pstore API refactor

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 11:35:09 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>,
        Geliang Tang <geliangtang@....com>,
        "linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi-pstore: Fix read iter after pstore API refactor

On 12 May 2017 at 22:58, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> During the internal pstore API refactoring, the EFI vars read entry was
> accidentally made to update a stack variable instead of the pstore
> private data pointer. This corrects the problem (and removes the now
> needless argument).
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Does this need a cc stable?

> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c | 26 ++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
> index 93d8cdbe7ef4..9e6f14c354f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
> @@ -155,25 +155,20 @@ static int efi_pstore_scan_sysfs_exit(struct efivar_entry *pos,
>   * efi_pstore_sysfs_entry_iter
>   *
>   * @record: pstore record to pass to callback
> - * @pos: entry to begin iterating from
>   *
>   * You MUST call efivar_enter_iter_begin() before this function, and
>   * efivar_entry_iter_end() afterwards.
>   *
> - * It is possible to begin iteration from an arbitrary entry within
> - * the list by passing @pos. @pos is updated on return to point to
> - * the next entry of the last one passed to efi_pstore_read_func().
> - * To begin iterating from the beginning of the list @pos must be %NULL.
>   */
> -static int efi_pstore_sysfs_entry_iter(struct pstore_record *record,
> -                                      struct efivar_entry **pos)
> +static int efi_pstore_sysfs_entry_iter(struct pstore_record *record)
>  {
> +       struct efivar_entry *pos = (struct efivar_entry *)record->psi->data;
>         struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
>         struct list_head *head = &efivar_sysfs_list;
>         int size = 0;
>         int ret;
>
> -       if (!*pos) {
> +       if (!pos) {
>                 list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, head, list) {
>                         efi_pstore_scan_sysfs_enter(entry, n, head);
>
> @@ -185,21 +180,21 @@ static int efi_pstore_sysfs_entry_iter(struct pstore_record *record,
>                         if (size)
>                                 break;
>                 }
> -               *pos = n;
> +               pos = n;
>                 return size;
>         }
>
> -       list_for_each_entry_safe_from((*pos), n, head, list) {
> -               efi_pstore_scan_sysfs_enter((*pos), n, head);
> +       list_for_each_entry_safe_from(pos, n, head, list) {
> +               efi_pstore_scan_sysfs_enter(pos, n, head);
>
> -               size = efi_pstore_read_func((*pos), record);
> -               ret = efi_pstore_scan_sysfs_exit((*pos), n, head, size < 0);
> +               size = efi_pstore_read_func(pos, record);
> +               ret = efi_pstore_scan_sysfs_exit(pos, n, head, size < 0);
>                 if (ret)
>                         return ret;
>                 if (size)
>                         break;
>         }
> -       *pos = n;
> +       pos = n;
>         return size;
>  }
>
> @@ -218,7 +213,6 @@ static int efi_pstore_sysfs_entry_iter(struct pstore_record *record,
>   */
>  static ssize_t efi_pstore_read(struct pstore_record *record)
>  {
> -       struct efivar_entry *entry = (struct efivar_entry *)record->psi->data;
>         ssize_t size;
>
>         record->buf = kzalloc(EFIVARS_DATA_SIZE_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -229,7 +223,7 @@ static ssize_t efi_pstore_read(struct pstore_record *record)
>                 size = -EINTR;
>                 goto out;
>         }
> -       size = efi_pstore_sysfs_entry_iter(record, &entry);
> +       size = efi_pstore_sysfs_entry_iter(record);
>         efivar_entry_iter_end();
>
>  out:
> --
> 2.7.4
>
>
> --
> Kees Cook
> Pixel Security