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authorLv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>2017-07-10 10:23:37 +0300
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2017-07-20 17:38:25 +0300
commit04ba15aa55cf16e18757faea55d62d1b7e407fe3 (patch)
treed1da3f0e12c6686c06bb8aafaa9e3b65dbf0a91b /drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
parent9b019b0f67bf527d6412de0497702026ff37e8a6 (diff)
downloadlinux-04ba15aa55cf16e18757faea55d62d1b7e407fe3.tar.xz
ACPICA: Tables: Do not validate signature for dynamic table load
ACPICA commit d3c944f2cdc8c7e847b7942b1864f285189f7bce Windows seems to allow arbitrary table signatures for Load/load_table opcodes: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Table has invalid signature [PRAD] (0x44415250) So this patch removes dynamic load signature checks. However we need to find a way to avoid table loading against tables like MADT. This is not covered by this commit. This Windows behavior has been validated on link #1. An end user bug report can also be found on link #2. This patch also includes simple cleanup for static load signature check code. Reported by Ye Xiaolong, Fixed by Lv Zheng. Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/d3c944f2 Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/121 [#1] Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118601 [#2] Reported-by: Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com> Reported-by: Olga Uhina <olga.uhina@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c28
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
index ee745152f25b..9d212967fad8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
@@ -222,34 +222,6 @@ acpi_tb_install_standard_table(acpi_physical_address address,
(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
if (reload) {
- /*
- * Validate the incoming table signature.
- *
- * 1) Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT".
- * 2) We added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM".
- * 3) Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we just
- * gave up on validating the signature, (05/2008).
- * 4) We encountered non-AML tables such as the MADT, which caused
- * interpreter errors and kernel faults. So now, we once again allow
- * only "SSDT", "OEMx", and now, also a null signature. (05/2011).
- */
- if ((new_table_desc.signature.ascii[0] != 0x00) &&
- (!ACPI_COMPARE_NAME
- (&new_table_desc.signature, ACPI_SIG_SSDT))
- && (strncmp(new_table_desc.signature.ascii, "OEM", 3))) {
- ACPI_BIOS_ERROR((AE_INFO,
- "Table has invalid signature [%4.4s] (0x%8.8X), "
- "must be SSDT or OEMx",
- acpi_ut_valid_nameseg(new_table_desc.
- signature.
- ascii) ?
- new_table_desc.signature.
- ascii : "????",
- new_table_desc.signature.integer));
-
- status = AE_BAD_SIGNATURE;
- goto unlock_and_exit;
- }
/* Check if table is already registered */