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ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method

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commit 4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b upstream.

Only buffer objects are valid return values of _STR.

If something else is returned description_show() will access invalid
memory.

Fixes: d1efe3c324ea ("ACPI: Add new sysfs interface to export device description")
Cc: All applicable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240709-acpi-sysfs-groups-v2-1-058ab0667fa8@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Thomas Weißschuh 2024-07-09 22:37:24 +02:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 54be41a85d
commit f51e5a88f2
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c
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@ -540,8 +540,9 @@ int acpi_device_setup_files(struct acpi_device *dev)
* If device has _STR, 'description' file is created
*/
if (acpi_has_method(dev->handle, "_STR")) {
status = acpi_evaluate_object(dev->handle, "_STR",
NULL, &buffer);
status = acpi_evaluate_object_typed(dev->handle, "_STR",
NULL, &buffer,
ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
buffer.pointer = NULL;
dev->pnp.str_obj = buffer.pointer;