This patch removes dead code from grub's gfxmenu/gui_list. It is
a part of a security series [1].

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2021-03/msg00007.html

Signed-off-by: Marta Rybczynska <marta.rybczyn...@huawei.com>
---
 ...-Remove-code-that-coverity-is-flaggi.patch | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 meta/recipes-bsp/grub/grub2.inc               |  1 +
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 
meta/recipes-bsp/grub/files/0036-gfxmenu-gui_list-Remove-code-that-coverity-is-flaggi.patch

diff --git 
a/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/files/0036-gfxmenu-gui_list-Remove-code-that-coverity-is-flaggi.patch
 
b/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/files/0036-gfxmenu-gui_list-Remove-code-that-coverity-is-flaggi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61e5e5797d
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/files/0036-gfxmenu-gui_list-Remove-code-that-coverity-is-flaggi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 9433cb3a37c03f22c2fa769121f1f509fd031ae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Darren Kenny <darren.ke...@oracle.com>
+Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 14:44:47 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] gfxmenu/gui_list: Remove code that coverity is flagging as
+ dead
+
+The test of value for NULL before calling grub_strdup() is not required,
+since the if condition prior to this has already tested for value being
+NULL and cannot reach this code if it is.
+
+Fixes: CID 73659
+
+Signed-off-by: Darren Kenny <darren.ke...@oracle.com>
+Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com>
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport 
[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=4a1aa5917595650efbd46b581368c470ebee42ab]
+Signed-off-by: Marta Rybczynska <marta.rybczyn...@huawei.com>
+---
+ grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c b/grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c
+index 01477cd..df334a6 100644
+--- a/grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c
++++ b/grub-core/gfxmenu/gui_list.c
+@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ list_set_property (void *vself, const char *name, const 
char *value)
+         {
+           self->need_to_recreate_boxes = 1;
+           grub_free (self->selected_item_box_pattern);
+-          self->selected_item_box_pattern = value ? grub_strdup (value) : 0;
++          self->selected_item_box_pattern = grub_strdup (value);
+           self->selected_item_box_pattern_inherit = 0;
+         }
+     }
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/grub2.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/grub2.inc
index 75782b7eb2..1a4be33fca 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/grub2.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/grub2.inc
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/grub/grub-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://0033-video-fb-video_fb-Fix-multiple-integer-overflows.patch \
            file://0034-video-fb-video_fb-Fix-possible-integer-overflow.patch \
            
file://0035-video-readers-jpeg-Test-for-an-invalid-next-marker-r.patch \
+           
file://0036-gfxmenu-gui_list-Remove-code-that-coverity-is-flaggi.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "5ce674ca6b2612d8939b9e6abed32934"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = 
"f10c85ae3e204dbaec39ae22fa3c5e99f0665417e91c2cb49b7e5031658ba6ea"
-- 
2.33.0

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