Re: [PATCH] ARM: Ignore memory tags with invalid data

[Byron Bradley]

On Jan 22, 2008 4:05 AM, Corey Minyard <minyard@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Corey Minyard <minyard@xxxxxxx>
>
> The DNS-323 system has several bogus memory entries in the tag table,
> and it caused the system to crash at startup.  Ignore tag entries that
> are obviously bogus.
>
> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/setup.c |    7 ++++++-
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> index bf56eb3..dfdb469 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -630,7 +630,12 @@ __tagtable(ATAG_CORE, parse_tag_core);
>
>  static int __init parse_tag_mem32(const struct tag *tag)
>  {
> -       if (meminfo.nr_banks >= NR_BANKS) {
> +       /*
> +        * Make sure that the memory size is non-zero, page aligned,
> +        * and that it doesn't overflow the meminfo table.
> +        */
> +       if (meminfo.nr_banks >= NR_BANKS || tag->u.mem.size & ~PAGE_MASK ||
> +           tag->u.mem.size == 0 || tag->u.mem.start & ~PAGE_MASK) {
>                 printk(KERN_WARNING
>                        "Ignoring memory bank 0x%08x size %dKB\n",
>                         tag->u.mem.start, tag->u.mem.size / 1024);
>

[Cc: linux-arm-kernel]

What's the status of this patch? It would be good to see it go in
because the problem it fixes can be seen on a large number of NAS
devices.

Cheers,

-- 
Byron Bradley
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