Re: [added to the 3.18 stable tree] firmware: dmi_scan: Fix dmi_len type

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$ git ll v3.18 | grep fc4302
$ git ll v3.19 | grep fc4302
fc43026 dmi: add support for SMBIOS 3.0 64-bit entry point

On 18.03.15 19:49, Sasha Levin wrote:
Ivan,

Why so? The commit description/code doesn't really make that clear.


Thanks,
Sasha

On 03/18/2015 05:15 AM, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote:
Sasha,
There is no need in this patch for 3.18, only beginning from 3.19.

On 18.03.15 05:14, Sasha Levin wrote:
From: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

===============

[ Upstream commit 6d9ff473317245e3e5cd9922b4520411c2296388 ]

According to SMBIOSv3 specification the length of DMI table can be
up to 32bits wide. So use appropriate type to avoid overflow.

It's obvious that dmi_num theoretically can be more than u16 also,
so it's can be changed to u32 or at least it's better to use int
instead of u16, but on that moment I cannot imagine dmi structure
count more than 65535 and it can require changing type of vars that
work with it. So I didn't correct it.

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
   drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 4 ++--
   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index 17afc51..84bc2a5 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static const char * __init dmi_string(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)
    *    We have to be cautious here. We have seen BIOSes with DMI pointers
    *    pointing to completely the wrong place for example
    */
-static void dmi_table(u8 *buf, int len, int num,
+static void dmi_table(u8 *buf, u32 len, int num,
                 void (*decode)(const struct dmi_header *, void *),
                 void *private_data)
   {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void dmi_table(u8 *buf, int len, int num,
   }
     static u32 dmi_base;
-static u16 dmi_len;
+static u32 dmi_len;
   static u16 dmi_num;
     static int __init dmi_walk_early(void (*decode)(const struct dmi_header *,

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