A kcore PT_LOAD can have a section from vmalloc region. However, physical address in that header would be invalid (-1) after a recent kernel changes [0]. Therefore, check for valid physical address while calculating page_offset or phys_offset. [0] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?h=next-20170206&id=c9d4e5d7b7fd6c74e134ca44df8a5386efbc561c Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <panand at redhat.com> --- arch/x86_64.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86_64.c b/arch/x86_64.c index 893cd516fc8b..e978a36f8878 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64.c +++ b/arch/x86_64.c @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ get_page_offset_x86_64(void) unsigned long long virt_start; for (i = 0; get_pt_load(i, &phys_start, NULL, &virt_start, NULL); i++) { - if (virt_start < __START_KERNEL_map) { + if (virt_start < __START_KERNEL_map + && phys_start != NOT_PADDR) { info->page_offset = virt_start - phys_start; return TRUE; } @@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ get_phys_base_x86_64(void) } for (i = 0; get_pt_load(i, &phys_start, NULL, &virt_start, NULL); i++) { - if (virt_start >= __START_KERNEL_map) { + if (virt_start >= __START_KERNEL_map + && phys_start != NOT_PADDR) { info->phys_base = phys_start - (virt_start & ~(__START_KERNEL_map)); -- 2.9.3