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From: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 16:47:22 +0200
Subject: efi_loader: pkcs7_parse_message() returns error pointer
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On 07.05.20 02:17, Patrick Wildt wrote:
> Since pkcs7_parse_message() returns an error pointer, we must not
> check for NULL.  We have to explicitly set msg to NULL in the error
> case, otherwise the call to pkcs7_free_message() on the goto err
> path will assume it's a valid object.

@Takahiro
I think we should start documenting the library functions properly. The
description in lib/crypto/pkcs7_parser.c does not conform to
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/doc-guide/kernel-doc.html#function-documentation
Especially we should describe how errors are returned.

Best regards

Heinrich

>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Wildt <patrick@blueri.se>
>
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
> index 5a9a6424cc..43a53d3dd1 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
> @@ -538,8 +538,9 @@ static bool efi_image_authenticate(void *efi, size_t efi_size)
>  		}
>  		msg = pkcs7_parse_message((void *)wincert + sizeof(*wincert),
>  					  wincert->dwLength - sizeof(*wincert));
> -		if (!msg) {
> +		if (IS_ERR(msg)) {
>  			debug("Parsing image's signature failed\n");
> +			msg = NULL;
>  			goto err;
>  		}
>
>