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SubjectRe: [PATCH] tpm: fixes uninitialized allocated banks for IBM vtpm driver
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On Fri, 2019-07-05 at 13:42 +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-07-03 at 23:32 -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
> > The nr_allocated_banks and allocated banks are initialized as part of
> > tpm_chip_register. Currently, this is done as part of auto startup
> > function. However, some drivers, like the ibm vtpm driver, do not run
> > auto startup during initialization. This results in uninitialized memory
> > issue and causes a kernel panic during boot.
> >
> > This patch moves the pcr allocation outside the auto startup function
> > into tpm_chip_register. This ensures that allocated banks are initialized
> > in any case.
> >
> > Fixes: 879b589210a9 ("tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms with
> > PCR read")
> > Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
>
> Please add
>
> Reported-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
>
> It is missing. Michal is there a chance you could try this out once
> Nayna send a new version?

Hey, I saw Michal's tested-by. I can do that minor reorg cosmetic
bits myeslf and add Micha's tag.

Some issue with the network but I'll push a commit soonish.

/Jarkko

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