On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 10:10:19PM -0800, hpa@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On March 8, 2019 4:50:03 AM PST, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >5.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me
> >know.
> >
> >------------------
> >
> >From: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >commit 6f913de3231e1d70a871135b38219da7810df218 upstream.
> >
> >EFI systems do not necessarily provide a legacy ROM. If the ROM is
> >missing
> >the memory is not mapped at all.
> >
> >Trying to dereference values in the legacy ROM area leads to a crash on
> >Macbook Pro.
> >
> >Only look for values in the legacy ROM area for non-EFI system.
> >
> >Fixes: 3548e131ec6a ("x86/boot/compressed/64: Find a place for 32-bit
> >trampoline")
> >Reported-by: Pitam Mitra <pitamm@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Tested-by: Bockjoo Kim <bockjoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Cc: bp@xxxxxxxxx
> >Cc: hpa@xxxxxxxxx
> >Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Link:
> >https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190219075224.35058-1-kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202351
> >Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >---
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> >--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
> >+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
> >@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
> >+#include <linux/efi.h>
> > #include <asm/e820/types.h>
> > #include <asm/processor.h>
> >+#include <asm/efi.h>
> > #include "pgtable.h"
> > #include "../string.h"
> >
> >@@ -37,9 +39,10 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char
> >
> > static unsigned long find_trampoline_placement(void)
> > {
> >- unsigned long bios_start, ebda_start;
> >+ unsigned long bios_start = 0, ebda_start = 0;
> > unsigned long trampoline_start;
> > struct boot_e820_entry *entry;
> >+ char *signature;
> > int i;
> >
> > /*
> >@@ -47,8 +50,18 @@ static unsigned long find_trampoline_pla
> > * This code is based on reserve_bios_regions().
> > */
> >
> >- ebda_start = *(unsigned short *)0x40e << 4;
> >- bios_start = *(unsigned short *)0x413 << 10;
> >+ /*
> >+ * EFI systems may not provide legacy ROM. The memory may not be
> >mapped
> >+ * at all.
> >+ *
> >+ * Only look for values in the legacy ROM for non-EFI system.
> >+ */
> >+ signature = (char *)&boot_params->efi_info.efi_loader_signature;
> >+ if (strncmp(signature, EFI32_LOADER_SIGNATURE, 4) &&
> >+ strncmp(signature, EFI64_LOADER_SIGNATURE, 4)) {
> >+ ebda_start = *(unsigned short *)0x40e << 4;
> >+ bios_start = *(unsigned short *)0x413 << 10;
> >+ }
> >
> > if (bios_start < BIOS_START_MIN || bios_start > BIOS_START_MAX)
> > bios_start = BIOS_START_MAX;
>
> Only one objection: the explanation is nonsensical.
Heh, take it up with the original submitter, I don't change the
changelog text after it hits Linus's tree :)
greg k-h
