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[PATCH 2/3] efi: Protect against unnecessary image unloading



Commit 59a1d6d3ea1e introduced Shim's LoadImage protocol and unloads the
image after loading it (for verification purposes) regardless of the
returned status. The protocol API implies this is the correct behaviour
but we should add a check to protect against the unlikely case this
frees any memory in use.

Signed-off-by: Gerald Elder-Vass <gerald.elder-vass@xxxxxxxxx>
---
CC: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "Daniel P. Smith" <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CC: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>
CC: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
CC: "Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/common/efi/boot.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/common/efi/boot.c b/xen/common/efi/boot.c
index 69fc022c18ab..ca162db0d8d3 100644
--- a/xen/common/efi/boot.c
+++ b/xen/common/efi/boot.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static void __init efi_verify_kernel(EFI_HANDLE 
ImageHandle)
     static EFI_GUID __initdata shim_image_guid = SHIM_IMAGE_LOADER_GUID;
     static EFI_GUID __initdata shim_lock_guid = SHIM_LOCK_PROTOCOL_GUID;
     SHIM_IMAGE_LOADER *shim_loader;
-    EFI_HANDLE loaded_kernel;
+    EFI_HANDLE loaded_kernel = NULL;
     EFI_SHIM_LOCK_PROTOCOL *shim_lock;
     EFI_STATUS status;
     bool verified = false;
@@ -1078,11 +1078,12 @@ static void __init efi_verify_kernel(EFI_HANDLE 
ImageHandle)
             verified = true;
 
         /*
-         * Always unload the image.  We only needed LoadImage() to perform
-         * verification anyway, and in the case of a failure there may still
-         * be cleanup needing to be performed.
+         * If the kernel was loaded, unload it. We only needed LoadImage() to
+         * perform verification anyway, and in the case of a failure there may
+         * still be cleanup needing to be performed.
          */
-        shim_loader->UnloadImage(loaded_kernel);
+        if ( loaded_kernel )
+            shim_loader->UnloadImage(loaded_kernel);
     }
 
     /* Otherwise, fall back to SHIM_LOCK. */
-- 
2.47.3




 


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