Re: [PATCH 20/27] ACPICA: Tables: Fix invalid pointer accesses in acpi_tb_parse_root_table().

From: Josh Boyer
Date: Sat May 03 2014 - 08:59:44 EST


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The commit of back porting Linux XSDT validation mechanism has introduced
> a regreession:
> Commit: 671cc68dc61f029d44b43a681356078e02d8dab8
> Subject: ACPICA: Back port and refine validation of the XSDT root table.
> There is a pointer still accessed after unmapping.
>
> This patch fixes this issue. Lv Zheng.
>
> Buglink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73911
> Buglink: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39811
> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Bruce Chiarelli <mano155@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Spyros Stathopoulos <spystath@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.14.x: 671cc68: ACPICA: Back port and refine validation of the XSDT root table.

This patch should get into 3.15-rcX soon. It fixes a known regression
that prevents booting on machines with AMI firmware, and that is
present in 3.14 so we need it for stable as well. Rafael?

josh

> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
> index 6c31d77..e1638ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
> @@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_tb_parse_root_table(acpi_physical_address rsdp_address)
> u32 table_count;
> struct acpi_table_header *table;
> acpi_physical_address address;
> + acpi_physical_address rsdt_address;
> u32 length;
> u8 *table_entry;
> acpi_status status;
> @@ -383,11 +384,14 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_tb_parse_root_table(acpi_physical_address rsdp_address)
> * as per the ACPI specification.
> */
> address = (acpi_physical_address) rsdp->xsdt_physical_address;
> + rsdt_address =
> + (acpi_physical_address) rsdp->rsdt_physical_address;
> table_entry_size = ACPI_XSDT_ENTRY_SIZE;
> } else {
> /* Root table is an RSDT (32-bit physical addresses) */
>
> address = (acpi_physical_address) rsdp->rsdt_physical_address;
> + rsdt_address = address;
> table_entry_size = ACPI_RSDT_ENTRY_SIZE;
> }
>
> @@ -410,8 +414,7 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_tb_parse_root_table(acpi_physical_address rsdp_address)
>
> /* Fall back to the RSDT */
>
> - address =
> - (acpi_physical_address) rsdp->rsdt_physical_address;
> + address = rsdt_address;
> table_entry_size = ACPI_RSDT_ENTRY_SIZE;
> }
> }
> --
> 1.7.10
>
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