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yaml
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r: 359258
b: refs/heads/master
c: 47f531e
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 94a193fb7393a50625abd9ca21f8afea275a9f87
+refs/heads/master: 47f531e8ba3bc3901a0c493f4252826c41dea1a1

trunk/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pstore.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/ramfs.h>
@@ -900,6 +901,48 @@ static struct inode *efivarfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	return inode;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return true if 'str' is a valid efivarfs filename of the form,
+ *
+ *	VariableName-12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567891bc
+ */
+static bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
+{
+	static const char dashes[GUID_LEN] = {
+		[8] = 1, [13] = 1, [18] = 1, [23] = 1
+	};
+	const char *s = str + len - GUID_LEN;
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need a GUID, plus at least one letter for the variable name,
+	 * plus the '-' separator
+	 */
+	if (len < GUID_LEN + 2)
+		return false;
+
+	/* GUID should be right after the first '-' */
+	if (s - 1 != strchr(str, '-'))
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Validate that 's' is of the correct format, e.g.
+	 *
+	 *	12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < GUID_LEN; i++) {
+		if (dashes[i]) {
+			if (*s++ != '-')
+				return false;
+		} else {
+			if (!isxdigit(*s++))
+				return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void efivarfs_hex_to_guid(const char *str, efi_guid_t *guid)
 {
 	guid->b[0] = hex_to_bin(str[6]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[7]);
@@ -928,11 +971,7 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct efivar_entry *var;
 	int namelen, i = 0, err = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * We need a GUID, plus at least one letter for the variable name,
-	 * plus the '-' separator
-	 */
-	if (dentry->d_name.len < GUID_LEN + 2)
+	if (!efivarfs_valid_name(dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	inode = efivarfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, dir, mode, 0);