linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 1/1] firmware: dmi: Don't take garbage into consideration in dmi_smbios3

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:43:29 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] firmware: dmi: Don't take garbage into consideration in dmi_smbios3_present()

The byte at offset 6 represent length. Don't take it and drop it immediately
by using proper accessor, i.e. get_unaligned_be24().

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index b2ea318a10a4..24537ce29bc4 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static int __init dmi_smbios3_present(const u8 *buf)
 {
 	if (memcmp(buf, "_SM3_", 5) == 0 &&
 	    buf[6] < 32 && dmi_checksum(buf, buf[6])) {
-		dmi_ver = get_unaligned_be32(buf + 6) & 0xFFFFFF;
+		dmi_ver = get_unaligned_be24(buf + 7);
 		dmi_num = 0;			/* No longer specified */
 		dmi_len = get_unaligned_le32(buf + 12);
 		dmi_base = get_unaligned_le64(buf + 16);
-- 
2.35.1