linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/1] EDAC/skx_common: Filter out the invalid address

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Message-ID: <SJ1PR11MB6083F4553DE16D2B7878C94FFC61A@SJ1PR11MB6083.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 17:37:20 +0000
From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To: "Zhuo, Qiuxu" <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>
CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>, "Mauro
 Carvalho Chehab" <mchehab@...nel.org>, "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] EDAC/skx_common: Filter out the invalid address

> Decoding an invalid address with certain firmware decoders could
> cause a #PF (Page Fault) in the EFI runtime context, which could
> subsequently hang the system. To make {i10nm,skx}_edac more robust
> against such bogus firmware decoders, filter out invalid addresses
> before allowing the firmware decoder to process them.

Applied. Thanks.

[Boris: This one with a "Link:" tag]

-Tony