Blame SOURCES/0253-Fix-get_entry_number-wrongly-dereferencing-the-tail-.patch

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From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 10:53:49 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] Fix get_entry_number() wrongly dereferencing the tail pointer
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The get_entry_number_helper() function attempts to lookup a boot entry by
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either title or id matching the value of an environment variable. If they
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are a substring of the variable, the tail pointer is set to the first char
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of the remainder of the string.
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When get_entry_number() calls this function, it checks if this first char
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is a NUL byte, to know if the variable matched correctly. But tail can be
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set to NULL as well to indicate that there isn't a remainder in the string.
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Resolves: rhbz#1654936
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Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
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---
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 grub-core/normal/menu.c | 2 +-
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 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/grub-core/normal/menu.c b/grub-core/normal/menu.c
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index fc25c702f..7e32c498a 100644
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--- a/grub-core/normal/menu.c
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+++ b/grub-core/normal/menu.c
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@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ get_entry_number (grub_menu_t menu, const char *name)
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   grub_error_push ();
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   entry = get_entry_number_helper(menu, val, &tail);
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-  if (*tail != '\0')
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+  if (tail && *tail != '\0')
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     entry = -1;
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   grub_error_pop ();
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