Merge branch 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull EFI fix from Ingo Molnar:
"This fixes a bug in the efivars code"

* 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
efi: Fix out-of-bounds read in variable_matches()

drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c

···
 	{ NULL_GUID, "", NULL },
 };
 
+/*
+ * Check if @var_name matches the pattern given in @match_name.
+ *
+ * @var_name: an array of @len non-NUL characters.
+ * @match_name: a NUL-terminated pattern string, optionally ending in "*". A
+ *              final "*" character matches any trailing characters @var_name,
+ *              including the case when there are none left in @var_name.
+ * @match: on output, the number of non-wildcard characters in @match_name
+ *         that @var_name matches, regardless of the return value.
+ * @return: whether @var_name fully matches @match_name.
+ */
 static bool
 variable_matches(const char *var_name, size_t len, const char *match_name,
 		 int *match)
 {
 	for (*match = 0; ; (*match)++) {
 		char c = match_name[*match];
-		char u = var_name[*match];
 
-		/* Wildcard in the matching name means we've matched */
-		if (c == '*')
+		switch (c) {
+		case '*':
+			/* Wildcard in @match_name means we've matched. */
 			return true;
 
-		/* Case sensitive match */
-		if (!c && *match == len)
-			return true;
+		case '\0':
+			/* @match_name has ended. Has @var_name too? */
+			return (*match == len);
 
-		if (c != u)
+		default:
+			/*
+			 * We've reached a non-wildcard char in @match_name.
+			 * Continue only if there's an identical character in
+			 * @var_name.
+			 */
+			if (*match < len && c == var_name[*match])
+				continue;
 			return false;
-
-		if (!c)
-			return true;
+		}
 	}
-	return true;
 }
 
 bool