Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/kexec: Correct KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END off-by-one error

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Sep 28 2018 - 09:15:52 EST


On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 09:21:55AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The only use of KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END is as an argument to
> walk_system_ram_res():
>
> int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
> {
> ...
> walk_system_ram_res(KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_START, KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END,
> image, determine_backup_region);
>
> walk_system_ram_res() expects "start, end" arguments that are inclusive,
> i.e., the range to be walked includes both the start and end addresses.
>
> KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END was previously defined as (640 * 1024UL), which is the
> first address *past* the desired 0-640KB range.
>
> Define KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END as (640 * 1024UL - 1) so the KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC
> region is [0-0x9ffff], not [0-0xa0000].
>
> Fixes: dd5f726076cc ("kexec: support for kexec on panic using new system call")
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
> index f327236f0fa7..5125fca472bb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct kimage;
>
> /* Memory to backup during crash kdump */
> #define KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_START (0UL)
> -#define KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END (640 * 1024UL) /* 640K */
> +#define KEXEC_BACKUP_SRC_END (640 * 1024UL - 1) /* 640K */
>
> /*
> * CPU does not save ss and sp on stack if execution is already

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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