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commit 2bab693a608bdf614b9fcd44083c5100f34b9f77 upstream. kexec_load_file() relies on the memblock infrastructure to avoid stamping over regions of memory that are essential to the survival of the system. However, nobody seems to agree how to flag these regions as reserved, and (for example) EFI only publishes its reservations in /proc/iomem for the benefit of the traditional, userspace based kexec tool. On arm64 platforms with GICv3, this can result in the payload being placed at the location of the LPI tables. Shock, horror! Let's augment the EFI reservation code with a memblock_reserve() call, protecting our dear tables from the secondary kernel invasion. Reported-by: Moritz Fischer <mdf@kernel.org> Tested-by: Moritz Fischer <mdf@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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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 Restructured Text 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.