Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] tpm: tpm_ibm_vtpm: Fix unallocated banks

From: Jarkko Sakkinen <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 23:28:24 +0300

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 12:13:35PM -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")
> Reported-by: Michal Suchanek <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <[email-masked]>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <[email-masked]>
> Tested-by: Sachin Sant <[email-masked]>
> Tested-by: Michal Suchánek <[email-masked]>

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <[email-masked]>

/Jarkko