4.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 4736697963385e6257ee8e260e97347e858cd962 upstream.
If platform code returns a NULL pointer to the FDT, initial_boot_params
will not get set to a valid pointer and attempting to find the /chosen
node in it will cause a NULL pointer dereference and the kernel to crash
immediately on startup - with no output to the console.
Fix this by checking that initial_boot_params is valid before using it.
Fixes: 405bc8fd12f5 ("MIPS: Kernel: Implement KASLR using CONFIG_RELOCATABLE")
Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14414/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static inline __init unsigned long get_r
#if defined(CONFIG_USE_OF)
/* Get any additional entropy passed in device tree */
- {
+ if (initial_boot_params) {
int node, len;
u64 *prop;
