linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/8] hp-bioscfg: Change how password encoding size is evaluated

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:31:40 -0500
From:   Jorge Lopez <jorgealtxwork@...il.com>
To:     hdegoede@...hat.com, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas@...ch.de,
        ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com, dan.carpenter@...aro.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] hp-bioscfg: Change how password encoding size is evaluated

Update steps how password encoding size is evaluated

Signed-off-by: Jorge Lopez <jorge.lopez2@...com>

---
Based on the latest platform-drivers-x86.git/for-next
---
 drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
index afb5190afc03..03d0188804ba 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
@@ -335,9 +335,12 @@ static int hp_populate_password_elements_from_package(union acpi_object *passwor
 			password_data->max_password_length = int_value;
 			break;
 		case PSWD_SIZE:
-			password_data->encodings_size = int_value;
-			if (int_value > MAX_ENCODINGS_SIZE)
+
+			if (int_value > MAX_ENCODINGS_SIZE) {
 				pr_warn("Password Encoding size value exceeded the maximum number of elements supported or data may be malformed\n");
+				int_value = MAX_ENCODINGS_SIZE;
+			}
+			password_data->encodings_size = int_value;
 
 			/* This step is needed to keep the expected
 			 * element list pointing to the right obj[elem].type
-- 
2.34.1