Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: kexec: initialize kexec_buf struct in load_other_segments() Patch series "kexec: Fix invalid field access". The kexec_buf structure was previously declared without initialization. commit bf454ec31add ("kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly") added a field that is always read but not consistently populated by all architectures. This un-initialized field will contain garbage. This is also triggering a UBSAN warning when the uninitialized data was accessed: ------------[ cut here ]------------ UBSAN: invalid-load in ./include/linux/kexec.h:210:10 load of value 252 is not a valid value for type '_Bool' Zero-initializing kexec_buf at declaration ensures all fields are cleanly set, preventing future instances of uninitialized memory being used. An initial fix was already landed for arm64[0], and this patchset fixes the problem on the remaining arm64 code and on riscv, as raised by Mark. Discussions about this problem could be found at[1][2]. This patch (of 3): The kexec_buf structure was previously declared without initialization. commit bf454ec31add ("kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly") added a field that is always read but not consistently populated by all architectures. This un-initialized field will contain garbage. This is also triggering a UBSAN warning when the uninitialized data was accessed: ------------[ cut here ]------------ UBSAN: invalid-load in ./include/linux/kexec.h:210:10 load of value 252 is not a valid value for type '_Bool' Zero-initializing kexec_buf at declaration ensures all fields are cleanly set, preventing future instances of uninitialized memory being used.

Weaknesses 1

Affected Products 6

References 2

• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04d3cd43700a2d0fe4bfb1012a8ec7f2e34a3507
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• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/340cc9a3bd30b25edaf6a9708d41b5f2c10a054a
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Remediation

• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04d3cd43700a2d0fe4bfb1012a8ec7f2e34a3507
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/340cc9a3bd30b25edaf6a9708d41b5f2c10a054a
  Patch