[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: SetVariable() fix illegal return

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Mon Sep 23 20:44:50 UTC 2019


We always have to return via EFI_EXIT() from EFIAPI functions.

Coverity reported an unreachable line and a resource leak.

Fixes: commit 6d2f27c5fd60 ("efi_loader: variable: support APPEND_WRITE")
Reported-by: Coverity Scan CID 253575, CID 184095
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
index 48ee255f87..22ad271bd8 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_set_variable(u16 *variable_name,

 		if (attributes & EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE) {
 			if (!prefix(old_val, "(blob)")) {
-				return EFI_DEVICE_ERROR;
+				ret = EFI_DEVICE_ERROR;
 				goto out;
 			}
 			old_size = strlen(old_val);
--
2.23.0



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