Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] gpiolib: acpi: fix resource leak in OpRegion

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 06:04:34 EST


On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 11:53:46AM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 10:57:50AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 02:18:15PM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 02:03:09PM +0200, Marco Scardovi wrote:

...

> > > This is really complex solution to a problem I'm not sure that even exists.
> >
> > The problem that potentially may have an attack vector is the malicious ACPI tables
> > (via SSDT overlay, for example). So some of the validations (like pin index in the
> > pin list) would be somewhat useful.
>
> Yes but with SSDT overlay you can do much worse things than passing an
> invalid pin index.

Still my point is valid :-)

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko