linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/10] efi/x86: Use correct size for boot

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Date:   Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:41:10 -0400
From:   Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] efi/x86: Use correct size for boot_params

struct boot_params is only 4096 bytes, not 16384. Fix this by using
sizeof(struct boot_params) instead of hardcoding the incorrect value.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
index 597793fe8d22..d4bafd7f6f9f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -379,13 +379,14 @@ efi_status_t __efiapi efi_pe_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
 	image_base = efi_table_attr(image, image_base);
 	image_offset = (void *)startup_32 - image_base;
 
-	status = efi_allocate_pages(0x4000, (unsigned long *)&boot_params, ULONG_MAX);
+	status = efi_allocate_pages(sizeof(struct boot_params),
+				    (unsigned long *)&boot_params, ULONG_MAX);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		efi_printk("Failed to allocate lowmem for boot params\n");
 		efi_exit(handle, status);
 	}
 
-	memset(boot_params, 0x0, 0x4000);
+	memset(boot_params, 0x0, sizeof(struct boot_params));
 
 	hdr = &boot_params->hdr;
 
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ efi_status_t __efiapi efi_pe_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
 fail2:
 	efi_free(options_size, (unsigned long)cmdline_ptr);
 fail:
-	efi_free(0x4000, (unsigned long)boot_params);
+	efi_free(sizeof(struct boot_params), (unsigned long)boot_params);
 
 	efi_exit(handle, status);
 }
-- 
2.26.2