On March 9, 2019 10:18:40 PM PST, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 10:10:19PM -0800, h...@zytor.com wrote:
>> On March 8, 2019 4:50:03 AM PST, Greg Kroah-Hartman
><gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> >5.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let
>me
>> >know.
>> >
>> >------------------
>> >
>> >From: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com>
>> >
>> >commit 6f913de3231e1d70a871135b38219da7810df218 upstream.
>> >
>> >EFI systems do not necessarily provide a legacy ROM. If the ROM is
>> >missing
>> >the memory is not mapped at all.
>> >
>> >Trying to dereference values in the legacy ROM area leads to a crash
>on
>> >Macbook Pro.
>> >
>> >Only look for values in the legacy ROM area for non-EFI system.
>> >
>> >Fixes: 3548e131ec6a ("x86/boot/compressed/64: Find a place for
>32-bit
>> >trampoline")
>> >Reported-by: Pitam Mitra <pit...@gmail.com>
>> >Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com>
>> >Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
>> >Tested-by: Bockjoo Kim <bock...@phys.ufl.edu>
>> >Cc: b...@alien8.de
>> >Cc: h...@zytor.com
>> >Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
>> >Link:
>>
>>https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190219075224.35058-1-kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com
>> >Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202351
>> >Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
>> >
>> >---
>> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
>> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> >
>> >--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
>> >+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
>> >@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
>> >+#include <linux/efi.h>
>> > #include <asm/e820/types.h>
>> > #include <asm/processor.h>
>> >+#include <asm/efi.h>
>> > #include "pgtable.h"
>> > #include "../string.h"
>> >
>> >@@ -37,9 +39,10 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char
>> >
>> > static unsigned long find_trampoline_placement(void)
>> > {
>> >- unsigned long bios_start, ebda_start;
>> >+ unsigned long bios_start = 0, ebda_start = 0;
>> > unsigned long trampoline_start;
>> > struct boot_e820_entry *entry;
>> >+ char *signature;
>> > int i;
>> >
>> > /*
>> >@@ -47,8 +50,18 @@ static unsigned long find_trampoline_pla
>> > * This code is based on reserve_bios_regions().
>> > */
>> >
>> >- ebda_start = *(unsigned short *)0x40e << 4;
>> >- bios_start = *(unsigned short *)0x413 << 10;
>> >+ /*
>> >+ * EFI systems may not provide legacy ROM. The memory may not be
>> >mapped
>> >+ * at all.
>> >+ *
>> >+ * Only look for values in the legacy ROM for non-EFI system.
>> >+ */
>> >+ signature = (char *)&boot_params->efi_info.efi_loader_signature;
>> >+ if (strncmp(signature, EFI32_LOADER_SIGNATURE, 4) &&
>> >+ strncmp(signature, EFI64_LOADER_SIGNATURE, 4)) {
>> >+ ebda_start = *(unsigned short *)0x40e << 4;
>> >+ bios_start = *(unsigned short *)0x413 << 10;
>> >+ }
>> >
>> > if (bios_start < BIOS_START_MIN || bios_start > BIOS_START_MAX)
>> > bios_start = BIOS_START_MAX;
>>
>> Only one objection: the explanation is nonsensical.
>
>Heh, take it up with the original submitter, I don't change the
>changelog text after it hits Linus's tree :)
>
>greg k-h
:)
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