linux-kernel - [PATCH] ARM: Ignore memory tags with invalid data

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:05:56 -0600
From:	Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	hvr@....org, rmk@....linux.org.uk, nico@....org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: Ignore memory tags with invalid data

From: Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>

The DNS-323 system has several bogus memory entries in the tag table,
and it caused the system to crash at startup.  Ignore tag entries that
are obviously bogus.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/setup.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index bf56eb3..dfdb469 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -630,7 +630,12 @@ __tagtable(ATAG_CORE, parse_tag_core);
 
 static int __init parse_tag_mem32(const struct tag *tag)
 {
-	if (meminfo.nr_banks >= NR_BANKS) {
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that the memory size is non-zero, page aligned,
+	 * and that it doesn't overflow the meminfo table.
+	 */
+	if (meminfo.nr_banks >= NR_BANKS || tag->u.mem.size & ~PAGE_MASK ||
+	    tag->u.mem.size == 0 || tag->u.mem.start & ~PAGE_MASK) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "Ignoring memory bank 0x%08x size %dKB\n",
 			tag->u.mem.start, tag->u.mem.size / 1024);
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