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authorjyao1 <jyao1@6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524>2012-06-12 08:28:43 +0000
committerjyao1 <jyao1@6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524>2012-06-12 08:28:43 +0000
commitdc204d5a0fd64d1ccbc90ebea827e7ad73b71f4d (patch)
tree780a18f56c08103c2bd577828a533f9d85556815 /SecurityPkg/VariableAuthenticated/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
parent90eaa3c1e022e2b676da65cb41aa66136a18b4ea (diff)
downloadedk2-platforms-dc204d5a0fd64d1ccbc90ebea827e7ad73b71f4d.tar.xz
Add comment for modules which have external input.
signed-off-by: jiewen.yao@intel.com reviewed-by: guo.dong@intel.com reviewed-by: ting.ye@intel.com reviewed-by: liming.gao@intel.com reviewed-by: elvin.li@intel.com git-svn-id: https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2@13446 6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524
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diff --git a/SecurityPkg/VariableAuthenticated/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h b/SecurityPkg/VariableAuthenticated/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
index bfb2f4e8f7..14a0744a57 100644
--- a/SecurityPkg/VariableAuthenticated/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
+++ b/SecurityPkg/VariableAuthenticated/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ GetFvbInfoByAddress (
This code finds variable in storage blocks (Volatile or Non-Volatile).
+ Caution: This function may receive untrusted input.
+ This function may be invoked in SMM mode, and datasize and data are external input.
+ This function will do basic validation, before parse the data.
+
@param VariableName Name of Variable to be found.
@param VendorGuid Variable vendor GUID.
@param Attributes Attribute value of the variable found.
@@ -429,6 +433,9 @@ VariableServiceGetVariable (
This code Finds the Next available variable.
+ Caution: This function may receive untrusted input.
+ This function may be invoked in SMM mode. This function will do basic validation, before parse the data.
+
@param VariableNameSize Size of the variable name.
@param VariableName Pointer to variable name.
@param VendorGuid Variable Vendor Guid.
@@ -451,6 +458,13 @@ VariableServiceGetNextVariableName (
This code sets variable in storage blocks (Volatile or Non-Volatile).
+ Caution: This function may receive untrusted input.
+ This function may be invoked in SMM mode, and datasize and data are external input.
+ This function will do basic validation, before parse the data.
+ This function will parse the authentication carefully to avoid security issues, like
+ buffer overflow, integer overflow.
+ This function will check attribute carefully to avoid authentication bypass.
+
@param VariableName Name of Variable to be found.
@param VendorGuid Variable vendor GUID.
@param Attributes Attribute value of the variable found
@@ -479,6 +493,9 @@ VariableServiceSetVariable (
This code returns information about the EFI variables.
+ Caution: This function may receive untrusted input.
+ This function may be invoked in SMM mode. This function will do basic validation, before parse the data.
+
@param Attributes Attributes bitmask to specify the type of variables
on which to return information.
@param MaximumVariableStorageSize Pointer to the maximum size of the storage space available