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| author | Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> | 2017-07-10 09:23:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2017-07-20 16:38:25 +0200 |
| commit | 04ba15aa55cf16e18757faea55d62d1b7e407fe3 (patch) | |
| tree | d1da3f0e12c6686c06bb8aafaa9e3b65dbf0a91b /drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c | |
| parent | ACPICA: Tables: Cleanup table handler invokers (diff) | |
| download | linux-04ba15aa55cf16e18757faea55d62d1b7e407fe3.tar.xz linux-04ba15aa55cf16e18757faea55d62d1b7e407fe3.zip | |
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.c | 28 |
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 */ |