[PATCH] efivar: Disable get_next_variable when firmware is broken

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[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 <a.heider@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Lingzhu Xiang <lxiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@xxxxxxx>
---
 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
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