When sysfs entries are updated by updated_sysfs_entries(), they are mistakenly initialized by memset(). Then, it causes following oops. ---[ end trace ba4907d5c519d111 ]--- BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) IP: [<ffffffff8142f81f>] efivar_entry_find+0x14f/0x2d0 PGD 0 Oops: 0000 [#2] SMP Modules linked in: oops(OF+) ebtable_nat ebtables xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle bridge autofs4 sunrpc 8021q garp stp llc cpufreq_ondemand ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 vfat fat vhost_net macvtap macvlan tun uinput iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support acpi_cpufreq freq_table mperf coretemp kvm_intel kvm crc32c_intel arc4 ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel ablk_helper iwldvm cryptd lrw gf128mul glue_helper aes_x86_64 microcode mac80211 sg thinkpad_acpi pcspkr i2c_i801 lpc_ich mfd_core iwlwifi cfg80211 rfkill snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc e1000e ptp pps_core wmi ext4(F) jbd2(F) mbcache(F) sd_mod(F) crc_t10dif(F) ahci(F) libahci(F) sdhci_pci(F) sdhci(F) mmc_core(F) i915(F) drm_kms_helper(F) drm(F) i2c_algo_bit(F) i2c_core(F) video(F) dm_mirror(F) dm _region_hash(F) dm_log(F) dm_mod(F) CPU: 0 PID: 301 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: GF D O 3.9.0+ #1 Hardware name: LENOVO 4291EV7/4291EV7, BIOS 8DET52WW (1.22 ) 09/15/2011 Workqueue: events efivar_update_sysfs_entries task: ffff8801955920c0 ti: ffff88019413e000 task.ti: ffff88019413e000 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8142f81f>] [<ffffffff8142f81f>] efivar_entry_find+0x14f/0x2d0 RSP: 0018:ffff88019413fa48 EFLAGS: 00010006 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880195d87c00 RCX: ffffffff81ab6f60 RDX: ffff88019413fb88 RSI: 0000000000000400 RDI: ffff880196254000 RBP: ffff88019413fbd8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff8800dad99037 R10: ffff880195d87c00 R11: 0000000000000430 R12: ffffffff81ab6f60 R13: fffffffffffff7d8 R14: ffff880196254000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88019e200000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000001a0b000 CR4: 00000000000407f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Stack: ffff88019413fb78 ffff88019413fb88 ffffffff81e85d60 03000000972b5c00 ffff88019413fa29 ffffffff81e85d60 ffff88019413fbfb 0000000197087280 00000000000000fe 0000000000000001 ffffffff81e85dd9 ffff880197087280 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81254371>] ? idr_get_empty_slot+0x131/0x240 [<ffffffff8125b6d2>] ? put_dec+0x72/0x90 [<ffffffff81158e40>] ? cache_alloc_refill+0x170/0x2f0 [<ffffffff81430420>] efivar_update_sysfs_entry+0x150/0x220 [<ffffffff8103dd29>] ? efi_call2+0x9/0x70 [<ffffffff8103d787>] ? virt_efi_get_next_variable+0x47/0x1b0 [<ffffffff8115a8df>] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1af/0x1c0 [<ffffffff81430033>] efivar_init+0x2c3/0x380 [<ffffffff814302d0>] ? efivar_delete+0xd0/0xd0 [<ffffffff8143111f>] efivar_update_sysfs_entries+0x6f/0x90 [<ffffffff810605f3>] process_one_work+0x183/0x490 [<ffffffff81061780>] worker_thread+0x120/0x3a0 [<ffffffff81061660>] ? manage_workers+0x160/0x160 [<ffffffff8106752e>] kthread+0xce/0xe0 [<ffffffff81067460>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70 [<ffffffff81543c5c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [<ffffffff81067460>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70 Code: 8d 55 b0 48 8d 45 a0 49 81 ed 28 08 00 00 48 89 95 78 fe ff ff 48 89 85 70 fe ff ff eb 27 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 4d 8d bd 28 08 00 00 <49> 8b 85 28 08 00 00 4d 39 e7 0f 84 21 01 00 00 4d 89 ee 4c 8d RIP [<ffffffff8142f81f>] efivar_entry_find+0x14f/0x2d0 RSP <ffff88019413fa48> CR2: 0000000000000000 ---[ end trace ba4907d5c519d112 ]--- This patch moves kzalloc() just before memset() to avoid initializing new sysfs entries wrongly. Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c | 8 ++++---- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c index b623c59..cf91ca1 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c @@ -523,12 +523,12 @@ static void efivar_update_sysfs_entries(struct work_struct *work) struct efivar_entry *entry; int err; - entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!entry) - return; - /* Add new sysfs entries */ while (1) { + entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!entry) + return; + memset(entry, 0, sizeof(*entry)); err = efivar_init(efivar_update_sysfs_entry, entry, -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html