[PATCH 1/2] efi/arm64: fix potential NULL dereference of efi.systab
Ard Biesheuvel
ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Wed Jul 2 03:10:01 PDT 2014
We assign efi.systab using efi_lookup_mapped_addr(), and test for !NULL, but
then go on an dereference it anyway.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
index 56c3327bbf79..e785f93f17cb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -419,8 +419,11 @@ static int __init arm64_enter_virtual_mode(void)
}
efi.systab = (__force void *)efi_lookup_mapped_addr(efi_system_table);
- if (efi.systab)
- set_bit(EFI_SYSTEM_TABLES, &efi.flags);
+ if (!efi.systab) {
+ pr_err("Failed to remap EFI System Table!\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ set_bit(EFI_SYSTEM_TABLES, &efi.flags);
local_irq_save(flags);
cpu_switch_mm(idmap_pg_dir, &init_mm);
--
1.8.3.2
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