On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:06:10PM +0100, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> verify_patch_size() function verifies whether the microcode container file
> remaining size is large enough to contain a patch of the indicated size.
>
> However, the section header length is not included in this indicated size
> but it is present in the leftover file length so it should be subtracted
> from the leftover file length before passing this value to
> verify_patch_size().
>
> Signed-off-by: Maciej S. Szmigiero <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
> index a998e1a7d46f..ffe0d0ce57fc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
> @@ -613,7 +613,8 @@ static int verify_and_add_patch(u8 family, u8 *fw,
> unsigned int leftover)
> return crnt_size;
> }
>
> - ret = verify_patch_size(family, patch_size, leftover);
> + ret = verify_patch_size(family, patch_size,
> + leftover - SECTION_HDR_SIZE);
Pls add a sentence or two as a comment above it explaining why the
section header size needs to be subtracted and do not break the line
even if it is > 80 cols.
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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