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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] dmi_scan: Fix missing check for _DMI_ signature in smbios_present()

----- ben@decadent.org.uk wrote:

> Commit 9f9c9cbb6057 ('drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c: fetch dmi version
> from SMBIOS if it exists') hoisted the check for "_DMI_" into
> dmi_scan_machine(), which means that we don't bother to check for
> "_DMI_" at offset 16 in an SMBIOS entry. smbios_present() may also
> call dmi_present() for an address where we found "_SM_", if it failed
> further validation.
>
> Check for "_DMI_" in smbios_present() before calling dmi_present().
>
> Reported-by: Tim McGrath <tmhikaru@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> ---
> This has a memcmp() that wasn't in the previous version, so I've not
> included the Acked-by or Tested-by for that.
Yes, the further "_DMI_" check is needed.
Acked-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
>
> Ben.
>
> drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
> b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
> index 982f1f5..a86ccff 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
> @@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ static int __init dmi_present(const char __iomem
> *p)
> static int __init smbios_present(const char __iomem *p)
> {
> u8 buf[32];
> - int offset = 0;
>
> memcpy_fromio(buf, p, 32);
> if ((buf[5] < 32) && dmi_checksum(buf, buf[5])) {
> @@ -461,9 +460,9 @@ static int __init smbios_present(const char
> __iomem *p)
> dmi_ver = 0x0206;
> break;
> }
> - offset = 16;
> + return memcmp(q + 16, "_DMI_", 5) || dmi_present(p + 16);
> }
> - return dmi_present(buf + offset);
> + return 1;
> }
>
> void __init dmi_scan_machine(void)
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