[patch added to 3.12-stable] x86/boot: Double BOOT_HEAP_SIZE to 64KB

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Mon Jan 25 2016 - 04:33:43 EST


From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>

This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

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commit 8c31902cffc4d716450be549c66a67a8a3dd479c upstream.

When decompressing kernel image during x86 bootup, malloc memory
for ELF program headers may run out of heap space, which leads
to system halt. This patch doubles BOOT_HEAP_SIZE to 64KB.

Tested with 32-bit kernel which failed to boot without this patch.

Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
index 4fa687a47a62..6b8d6e8cd449 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
#define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE 0x400000
#else /* !CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 */

-#define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE 0x8000
+#define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE 0x10000

#endif /* !CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 */

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2.7.0