linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/17] efi/x86: Ignore unrealistically large option roms

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 08:40:51 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/17] efi/x86: Ignore unrealistically large option roms


* Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:

> +	/*
> +	 * Some firmwares contain EFI function pointers at the place where the
> +	 * romimage and romsize fields are supposed to be. Typically the EFI
> +	 * code is mapped at high addresses, translating to an unrealistically
> +	 * large romsize. The UEFI spec limits the size of option ROMs to 16
> +	 * MiB so we reject any roms over 16 MiB in size to catch this.
> +	 */

JFYI, I fixed this:

 s/Some firmwares contain
  /Some firmware images contain

and:

 s/roms
  /ROMs

(Looks good otherwise, no need to resend.)

Thanks,

	Ingo