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SubjectRe: [PATCH] efi: fix a race and a buffer overflow while reading efivars via sysfs
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 16:45, Vladis Dronov <vdronov@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, Ard,
>
> > Wouldn't it be easier to pass a var_data_size stack variable into
> > efivar_entry_get(), and only update the value in 'var' if it is <=
> > 1024?
>
> I have prepared a v2 patch with an approach you suggest and will send it
> out shortly. It indeed simpler and fixes only the overflow bug mentioned.
>
> Could you, please, review it and if you like it, probably, accept it?
> In case I've implemented your idea incorrectly, could you, please,
> correct me?
>

Absolutely! Thanks for taking the time to fix these bugs, your
contributions are most welcome (and apologies if my responses
suggested otherwise)

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