From 778c6d81c80a44a9edf705e8f9fe28f5d50da88f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:14:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] dmi.c: Duplicate returned strings because they are meant to
 be freed

Without this patch dmi_shutdown calls free() on read-only strings.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r1849.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
---
 dmi.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dmi.c b/dmi.c
index 1b12096..a7a9a61 100644
--- a/dmi.c
+++ b/dmi.c
@@ -120,18 +120,18 @@ static char *dmi_string(const char *buf, uint8_t string_id, const char *limit)
 	size_t i, len;
 
 	if (string_id == 0)
-		return "Not Specified";
+		return strdup("Not Specified");
 
 	while (string_id > 1 && string_id--) {
 		if (buf >= limit) {
 			msg_perr("DMI table is broken (string portion out of bounds)!\n");
-			return "<OUT OF BOUNDS>";
+			return strdup("<OUT OF BOUNDS>");
 		}
 		buf += strnlen(buf, limit - buf) + 1;
 	}
 
 	if (!*buf) /* as long as the current byte we're on isn't null */
-		return "<BAD INDEX>";
+		return strdup("<BAD INDEX>");
 
 	len = strnlen(buf, limit - buf);
 	char *newbuf = malloc(len + 1);
-- 
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