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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c25
-rw-r--r--drivers/firmware/efivars.c18
-rw-r--r--include/linux/efi.h9
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 5f2ecaf..c89c245 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -999,3 +999,28 @@ u64 efi_mem_attributes(unsigned long phys_addr)
}
return 0;
}
+
+/*
+ * Some firmware has serious problems when using more than 50% of the EFI
+ * variable store, i.e. it triggers bugs that can brick machines. Ensure that
+ * we never use more than this safe limit.
+ *
+ * Return EFI_SUCCESS if it is safe to write 'size' bytes to the variable
+ * store.
+ */
+efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
+{
+ efi_status_t status;
+ u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
+
+ status = efi.query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
+ &remaining_size, &max_size);
+ if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+ return status;
+
+ if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size || size > max_size ||
+ (remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
+ return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
+ return EFI_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 7acafb8..bf15d81 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -436,24 +436,12 @@ static efi_status_t
check_var_size_locked(struct efivars *efivars, u32 attributes,
unsigned long size)
{
- u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
- efi_status_t status;
const struct efivar_operations *fops = efivars->ops;
- if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_info)
+ if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_store)
return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
- status = fops->query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
- &remaining_size, &max_size);
-
- if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
- return status;
-
- if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size || size > max_size ||
- (remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
- return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
-
- return status;
+ return fops->query_variable_store(attributes, size);
}
@@ -2131,7 +2119,7 @@ efivars_init(void)
ops.get_variable = efi.get_variable;
ops.set_variable = efi.set_variable;
ops.get_next_variable = efi.get_next_variable;
- ops.query_variable_info = efi.query_variable_info;
+ ops.query_variable_store = efi_query_variable_store;
error = register_efivars(&__efivars, &ops, efi_kobj);
if (error)
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 9bf2f1f..3d7df3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ typedef efi_status_t efi_query_capsule_caps_t(efi_capsule_header_t **capsules,
unsigned long count,
u64 *max_size,
int *reset_type);
+typedef efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store_t(u32 attributes, unsigned long size);
/*
* EFI Configuration Table and GUID definitions
@@ -575,9 +576,15 @@ extern void efi_enter_virtual_mode (void); /* switch EFI to virtual mode, if pos
#ifdef CONFIG_X86
extern void efi_late_init(void);
extern void efi_free_boot_services(void);
+extern efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size);
#else
static inline void efi_late_init(void) {}
static inline void efi_free_boot_services(void) {}
+
+static inline efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
+{
+ return EFI_SUCCESS;
+}
#endif
extern void __iomem *efi_lookup_mapped_addr(u64 phys_addr);
extern u64 efi_get_iobase (void);
@@ -731,7 +738,7 @@ struct efivar_operations {
efi_get_variable_t *get_variable;
efi_get_next_variable_t *get_next_variable;
efi_set_variable_t *set_variable;
- efi_query_variable_info_t *query_variable_info;
+ efi_query_variable_store_t *query_variable_store;
};
struct efivars {