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Breno Leitao 04d3cd4370 arm64: kexec: initialize kexec_buf struct in load_other_segments() 
Patch series "kexec: Fix invalid field access".

The kexec_buf structure was previously declared without initialization. 
commit bf454ec31a ("kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly")
added a field that is always read but not consistently populated by all
architectures.  This un-initialized field will contain garbage.

This is also triggering a UBSAN warning when the uninitialized data was
accessed:

	------------[ cut here ]------------
	UBSAN: invalid-load in ./include/linux/kexec.h:210:10
	load of value 252 is not a valid value for type '_Bool'

Zero-initializing kexec_buf at declaration ensures all fields are cleanly
set, preventing future instances of uninitialized memory being used.

An initial fix was already landed for arm64[0], and this patchset fixes
the problem on the remaining arm64 code and on riscv, as raised by Mark.

Discussions about this problem could be found at[1][2].


This patch (of 3):

The kexec_buf structure was previously declared without initialization.
commit bf454ec31a ("kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly")
added a field that is always read but not consistently populated by all
architectures. This un-initialized field will contain garbage.

This is also triggering a UBSAN warning when the uninitialized data was
accessed:

	------------[ cut here ]------------
	UBSAN: invalid-load in ./include/linux/kexec.h:210:10
	load of value 252 is not a valid value for type '_Bool'

Zero-initializing kexec_buf at declaration ensures all fields are
cleanly set, preventing future instances of uninitialized memory being
used.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250827-kbuf_all-v1-0-1df9882bb01a@debian.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250827-kbuf_all-v1-1-1df9882bb01a@debian.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250826180742.f2471131255ec1c43683ea07@linux-foundation.org/ [0]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/oninomspajhxp4omtdapxnckxydbk2nzmrix7rggmpukpnzadw@c67o7njgdgm3/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250826-akpm-v1-1-3c831f0e3799@debian.org/ [2]
Fixes: bf454ec31a ("kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
 		2025-09-03 17:10:37 -07:00
Documentation sound fixes for 6.17-rc5 2025-09-02 13:38:07 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
arch arm64: kexec: initialize kexec_buf struct in load_other_segments() 2025-09-03 17:10:37 -07:00
block block: validate QoS before calling __rq_qos_done_bio() 2025-08-26 10:34:08 -06:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
drivers 17 hotfixes. 13 are cc:stable and the remainder address post-6.16 issues 2025-09-02 13:18:00 -07:00
fs 17 hotfixes. 13 are cc:stable and the remainder address post-6.16 issues 2025-09-02 13:18:00 -07:00
include 17 hotfixes. 13 are cc:stable and the remainder address post-6.16 issues 2025-09-02 13:18:00 -07:00
init init/main.c: fix boot time tracing crash 2025-09-03 17:10:36 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/kbuf: always use READ_ONCE() to read ring provided buffer lengths 2025-08-28 05:48:34 -06:00
ipc vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare 2025-07-28 13:43:25 -07:00
kernel - Fix a stall on the CPU offline path due to mis-counting a deadline server 2025-08-31 09:13:00 -07:00
lib hardening fixes for v6.17-rc4 2025-08-31 08:56:45 -07:00
mm mm/damon/reclaim: avoid divide-by-zero in damon_reclaim_apply_parameters() 2025-09-03 17:10:37 -07:00
net net: ipv4: fix regression in local-broadcast routes 2025-08-28 10:52:30 +02:00
rust rust: mm: mark VmaNew as transparent 2025-08-27 22:45:41 -07:00
samples Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
scripts kasan: fix GCC mem-intrinsic prefix with sw tags 2025-08-27 22:45:43 -07:00
security + Features 2025-08-04 08:17:28 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/hdmi: Add pin fix for another HP EliteDesk 800 G4 model 2025-09-01 13:51:57 +02:00
tools 17 hotfixes. 13 are cc:stable and the remainder address post-6.16 issues 2025-09-02 13:18:00 -07:00
usr usr/include: openrisc: don't HDRTEST bpf_perf_event.h 2025-05-12 15:03:17 +09:00
virt Merge tag 'kvm-x86-no_assignment-6.17' of https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux into HEAD 2025-07-29 08:36:42 -04:00
.clang-format Linux 6.15-rc5 2025-05-06 16:39:25 +10:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about `clippy::disallowed_macros` configuration 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: retire Boris from TLS maintainers 2025-08-26 17:36:01 -07:00
Kbuild drm: ensure drm headers are self-contained and pass kernel-doc 2025-02-12 10:44:43 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS gpio fixes for v6.17-rc4 2025-08-31 08:49:55 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.17-rc4 2025-08-31 15:33:07 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.