linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.7 121/124] efi/libstub: Stop parsing arguments at "--"

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Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:30:55 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.7 121/124] efi/libstub: Stop parsing arguments at "--"

From: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>

commit 1fd9717d75df68e3c3509b8e7b1138ca63472f88 upstream.

Arguments after "--" are arguments for init, not for the kernel.

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200725155916.1376773-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_parse_options(char cons
 		char *param, *val;
 
 		str = next_arg(str, &param, &val);
+		if (!val && !strcmp(param, "--"))
+			break;
 
 		if (!strcmp(param, "nokaslr")) {
 			efi_nokaslr = true;