3.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit b8cb62f82103083a6e8fa5470bfe634a2c06514d upstream. 1. Check for allocation failure 2. Clear the buffer contents, as they may actually be written to flash 3. Don't leak the buffer Compile-tested only. [ Tested successfully on my buggy ASUS machine - Matt ] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c @@ -1059,7 +1059,10 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u3 * that by attempting to use more space than is available. */ unsigned long dummy_size = remaining_size + 1024; - void *dummy = kmalloc(dummy_size, GFP_ATOMIC); + void *dummy = kzalloc(dummy_size, GFP_ATOMIC); + + if (!dummy) + return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES; status = efi.set_variable(efi_dummy_name, &EFI_DUMMY_GUID, EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE | @@ -1079,6 +1082,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u3 0, dummy); } + kfree(dummy); + /* * The runtime code may now have triggered a garbage collection * run, so check the variable info again -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html