[Problem] Some firmware implementations return the same variable name on multiple calls to get_next_variable(). In this case, an efivar driver gets stuck in a infinite loop at initializing time, register_efivars(). It is hard for users to fix the broken firmware.
Here is an actual result of the case above. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.efi/835 [Solution] This patch terminates the loop immediately and disables get_next_variable() at the initializing time when the same variable name is found on multiple calls to get_next_variable(). Also, to avoid stucking in the infinite loop, update_sysfs_entries returns without calling get_next_variable if the case above happens. Reported-by: Andre Heider <[email protected]> Reported-by: Lingzhu Xiang <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <[email protected]> --- drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c | 4 +++- include/linux/efi.h | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c index fe62aa3..fa601c6 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c @@ -1725,6 +1725,14 @@ static void efivar_update_sysfs_entries(struct work_struct *work) efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND; bool found; + spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock); + if (!efivars->ops->get_next_variable) { + spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock); + pr_warn("efivars: Skip updating sysfs entries\n"); + return; + } + spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock); + /* Add new sysfs entries */ while (1) { variable_name = kzalloc(variable_name_size, GFP_KERNEL); @@ -1960,7 +1968,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_efivars); int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars, const struct efivar_operations *ops, - struct kobject *parent_kobj) + struct kobject *parent_kobj, + bool *get_next_variable_cannot_call) { efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND; efi_guid_t vendor_guid; @@ -2006,6 +2015,21 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars, &vendor_guid); switch (status) { case EFI_SUCCESS: + /* + * Some firmware implementations return the + * same variable name on multiple calls to + * get_next_variable(). Terminate the loop + * immediately as there is no guarantee that + * we'll ever see a different variable name, + * and may end up looping here forever. + */ + if (variable_is_present(variable_name, &vendor_guid)) { + pr_warn("efivars: duplicate variable name.\n"); + *get_next_variable_cannot_call = true; + status = EFI_NOT_FOUND; + break; + } + efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars, variable_name_size, variable_name, @@ -2056,6 +2080,7 @@ static int __init efivars_init(void) { int error = 0; + bool get_next_variable_cannot_call = false; printk(KERN_INFO "EFI Variables Facility v%s %s\n", EFIVARS_VERSION, EFIVARS_DATE); @@ -2075,7 +2100,12 @@ efivars_init(void) ops.get_next_variable = efi.get_next_variable; ops.query_variable_info = efi.query_variable_info; - error = register_efivars(&__efivars, &ops, efi_kobj); + error = register_efivars(&__efivars, &ops, efi_kobj, + &get_next_variable_cannot_call); + if (get_next_variable_cannot_call) { + pr_warn("efivars: Disable get_next_variable service\n"); + ops.get_next_variable = NULL; + } if (error) goto err_put; diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c b/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c index 91ddf0f..0c205c8 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c @@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ static __init int gsmi_init(void) { unsigned long flags; int ret; + bool get_next_variable_cannot_call = false; ret = gsmi_system_valid(); if (ret) @@ -893,7 +894,8 @@ static __init int gsmi_init(void) goto out_remove_bin_file; } - ret = register_efivars(&efivars, &efivar_ops, gsmi_kobj); + ret = register_efivars(&efivars, &efivar_ops, gsmi_kobj, + &get_next_variable_cannot_call); if (ret) { printk(KERN_INFO "gsmi: Failed to register efivars\n"); goto out_remove_sysfs_files; diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h index 9bf2f1f..9db51b1 100644 --- a/include/linux/efi.h +++ b/include/linux/efi.h @@ -756,7 +756,8 @@ struct efivars { int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars, const struct efivar_operations *ops, - struct kobject *parent_kobj); + struct kobject *parent_kobj, + bool *get_next_variable_cannot_call); void unregister_efivars(struct efivars *efivars); #endif /* CONFIG_EFI_VARS */ -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
