Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Perform a bounds check in arch_add_memory

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Tue Aug 27 2019 - 02:28:49 EST


On Tue 27-08-19 15:20:46, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> It is possible for firmware to allocate memory ranges outside
> the range of physical memory that we support (MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS).

Doesn't that count as a FW bug? Do you have any evidence of that in the
field? Just wondering...

> This patch adds a bounds check to ensure that any hotplugged
> memory is addressable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> index 9191a66b3bc5..de18fb73de30 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> @@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ int __ref arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
> unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> int rc;
>
> + if ((start + size - 1) >> MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> resize_hpt_for_hotplug(memblock_phys_mem_size());
>
> start = (unsigned long)__va(start);
> --
> 2.21.0

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs