Re: [PATCH v2] efi: fix a race and a buffer overflow while reading efivars via sysfs

[Vladis Dronov]

Hello, Joey, all,

> > -	var->DataSize = 1024;
> > -	if (efivar_entry_get(entry, &entry->var.Attributes,
> > -			     &entry->var.DataSize, entry->var.Data))
> > +	ret = efivar_entry_get(entry, &var->Attributes, &datasize, var->Data);
> > +	var->DataSize = size;
> 
> The size is indeterminate here. I think that it should uses datasize?
> 	var->DataSize = datasize;

Indeed, my mistake. Thank you much! I will fix it in the v3 patchset I'm
currently composing.

Best regards,
Vladis Dronov | Red Hat, Inc. | The Core Kernel | Senior Software Engineer