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

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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 19:08:33 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: "Zhuo, Qiuxu" <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>,
	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

On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 05:37:20PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > 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]

Thanks! :)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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