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File 54fee8f1-EFI-fix-getting-EFI-variable-list-on-some-systems.patch of Package xen.653

# Commit 1f4eb9d27d0ebd62a0b6cdff8213726f5ae8f25c
# Date 2015-03-10 13:52:01 +0100
# Author Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>
# Committer Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
EFI: fix getting EFI variable list on some systems

Copy the entire output buffer to the guest because some firmwares update
size on successful calls (contrary to the spec) and the buffer may
contain data beyond the output size that the firmware requires on a
subsequent GetNextVariableName() call (e.g. a NULL character).

Note that this shouldn't change the amount of data copied because on success, a
compliant firmware does not change size and so the entire buffer is copied
anyway.  If size is changed, Xen does not copy the buffer.

Without this change, the following (simplified) sequence would occur:
GetNextVariableName: in \0, size 1024 || out AdminPw\0, size 7
GetNextVariableName: in AdminPw\0, size 1024 || out UserPw\0, size 6
GetNextVariableName: in UserPww\0, size 1024 || NOT FOUND

This was seen on an Intel S1200RP_SE with firmware
S1200RP.86B.02.02.0005.102320140911, version 4.6, date 2014-10-23.

Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/efi/runtime.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/efi/runtime.c
@@ -508,9 +508,13 @@ int efi_runtime_call(struct xenpf_efi_ru
                 cast_guid(&op->u.get_next_variable_name.vendor_guid));
             efi_rs_leave(cr3);
 
+            /*
+             * Copy the variable name if necessary. The caller provided size
+             * is used because some firmwares update size when they shouldn't.
+             * */
             if ( !EFI_ERROR(status) &&
-                 copy_to_guest(op->u.get_next_variable_name.name,
-                               name.raw, size) )
+                 __copy_to_guest(op->u.get_next_variable_name.name,
+                                 name.raw, op->u.get_next_variable_name.size) )
                 rc = -EFAULT;
             op->u.get_next_variable_name.size = size;
         }

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