On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 21:17:54 +0800 zhongjiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c > +++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c > @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ int kexec_should_crash(struct task_struct *p) > * allocating pages whose destination address we do not care about. > */ > #define KIMAGE_NO_DEST (-1UL) > +#define PAGE_COUNT(x) (((x) + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT) > > static struct page *kimage_alloc_page(struct kimage *image, > gfp_t gfp_mask, > @@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ int sanity_check_segment_list(struct kimage *image) > { > int result, i; > unsigned long nr_segments = image->nr_segments; > + unsigned long total_pages = 0; > > /* > * Verify we have good destination addresses. The caller is > @@ -210,6 +212,22 @@ int sanity_check_segment_list(struct kimage *image) > } > > + /* > + * Verify that no segment is larger than half of memory. > + * If a segment from userspace is too large, a large amount > + * of time will be wasted allocating pages, which can cause > + * * a soft lockup. > + */ > + for (i = 0; i < nr_segments; i++) { > + if (PAGE_COUNT(image->segment[i].memsz) > totalram_pages / 2) > + return result; > + > + total_pages += PAGE_COUNT(image->segment[i].memsz); > + } > + > + if (total_pages > totalram_pages / 2) > + return result; > + eh, that'll do ;) Updates: --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c~kexec-add-restriction-on-kexec_load-segment-sizes-fix +++ a/kernel/kexec_core.c @@ -217,20 +217,19 @@ int sanity_check_segment_list(struct kim } /* - * Verify that no segment is larger than half of memory. - * If a segment from userspace is too large, a large amount - * of time will be wasted allocating pages, which can cause - * * a soft lockup. + * Verify that no more than half of memory will be consumed. If the + * request from userspace is too large, a large amount of time will be + * wasted allocating pages, which can cause a soft lockup. */ for (i = 0; i < nr_segments; i++) { if (PAGE_COUNT(image->segment[i].memsz) > totalram_pages / 2) - return result; + return -EINVAL; total_pages += PAGE_COUNT(image->segment[i].memsz); } if (total_pages > totalram_pages / 2) - return result; + return -EINVAL; /* * Verify we have good destination addresses. Normally _ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>