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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c index 48db0944ce4..62365f6075d 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c @@ -126,12 +126,29 @@ acpi_tb_add_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc, u32 *table_index) } /* - * Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT" here. - * Next, we added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM". - * Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we've just - * given up on validating the signature, since it seems to be a waste - * of code. The original code was removed (05/2008). + * Validate the incoming table signature. + * + * 1) Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT". + * 2) We added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM". + * 3) Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we just + * gave up on validating the signature, (05/2008). + * 4) We encountered non-AML tables such as the MADT, which caused + * interpreter errors and kernel faults. So now, we once again allow + * only "SSDT", "OEMx", and now, also a null signature. (05/2011). */ + if ((table_desc->pointer->signature[0] != 0x00) && + (!ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table_desc->pointer->signature, ACPI_SIG_SSDT)) + && (ACPI_STRNCMP(table_desc->pointer->signature, "OEM", 3))) { + ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, + "Table has invalid signature [%4.4s] (0x%8.8X), must be SSDT or OEMx", + acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(*(u32 *)table_desc-> + pointer-> + signature) ? table_desc-> + pointer->signature : "????", + *(u32 *)table_desc->pointer->signature)); + + return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_SIGNATURE); + } (void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES); |