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Revert "firmware_loader: use kernel credentials when reading firmware" 

This reverts commit 3677563eb8 as it leaks
memory :(

Reported-by: Qian Cai <quic_qiancai@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220427135823.GD71@qian
Cc: Thiébaud Weksteen <tweek@google.com>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Greg Kroah-Hartman 2022-04-27 16:19:05 +02:00
parent bd900901b8
commit 4388f887b8
1 changed files with 0 additions and 16 deletions
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drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
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@ -798,8 +798,6 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
size_t offset, u32 opt_flags)
{
struct firmware *fw = NULL;
struct cred *kern_cred = NULL;
const struct cred *old_cred;
bool nondirect = false;
int ret;
@ -816,18 +814,6 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
if (ret <= 0) /* error or already assigned */
goto out;
/*
* We are about to try to access the firmware file. Because we may have been
* called by a driver when serving an unrelated request from userland, we use
* the kernel credentials to read the file.
*/
kern_cred = prepare_kernel_cred(NULL);
if (!kern_cred) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
old_cred = override_creds(kern_cred);
ret = fw_get_filesystem_firmware(device, fw->priv, "", NULL);
/* Only full reads can support decompression, platform, and sysfs. */
@ -858,8 +844,6 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
} else
ret = assign_fw(fw, device);
revert_creds(old_cred);
out:
if (ret < 0) {
fw_abort_batch_reqs(fw);