The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 9716ac65efc8f780549b03bddf41e60c445d4709 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:19:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Avoid reading host log when using a virtual
device
Avoid allocating memory and reading the host log when a virtual device
is used since this log is of no use to that driver. A virtual
device can be identified through the flag TPM_CHIP_FLAG_VIRTUAL, which
is only set for the tpm_vtpm_proxy driver.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 6f99612e2500 ("tpm: Proxy driver for supporting multiple emulated TPMs")
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c
index 7460f230bae4..8512ec76d526 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ void tpm_bios_log_setup(struct tpm_chip *chip)
int log_version;
int rc = 0;
+ if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_VIRTUAL)
+ return;
+
rc = tpm_read_log(chip);
if (rc < 0)
return;
