The patch titled
cache_k8_northbridges() overflows beyond allocation
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
cache_k8_northbridges-overflows-beyond-allocation.patch
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Subject: cache_k8_northbridges() overflows beyond allocation
From: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@xxxxxxxxx>
cache_k8_northbridges() is storing config values to incorrect locations
(in flush_words) and also its overflowing beyond the allocation, causing
slab verification failures.
Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>a
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c~cache_k8_northbridges-overflows-beyond-allocation arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c~cache_k8_northbridges-overflows-beyond-allocation
+++ a/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ int cache_k8_northbridges(void)
dev = NULL;
i = 0;
while ((dev = next_k8_northbridge(dev)) != NULL) {
- k8_northbridges[i++] = dev;
- pci_read_config_dword(dev, 0x9c, &flush_words[i]);
+ k8_northbridges[i] = dev;
+ pci_read_config_dword(dev, 0x9c, &flush_words[i++]);
}
k8_northbridges[i] = NULL;
return 0;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from pbadari@xxxxxxxxx are
cache_k8_northbridges-overflows-beyond-allocation.patch
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