From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 0/9] memblock: improve late freeing of reserved memory
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:48:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323074836.3653702-1-rppt@kernel.org> (raw)
From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Hi,
Following a recent discussion about leaks in x86 EFI [1], I audited usage of
memblock_free_late() and free_reserved_area() and made some imporovements how
we handle late freeing of the memory allocated with memblock.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/ec2aaef14783869b3be6e3c253b2dcbf67dbc12a.camel@kernel.crashing.org/
v2 changes:
* fix UAF issue in memblock_discard() reported by 0day and sashiko
* address relevant sashiko comments
* squash memblock test stubs changes into the commit with core updates
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260318105827.1358927-1-rppt@kernel.org
Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) (9):
memblock: reserve_mem: fix end caclulation in reserve_mem_release_by_name()
powerpc: fadump: pair alloc_pages_exact() with free_pages_exact()
powerpc: opal-core: pair alloc_pages_exact() with free_pages_exact()
mm: move free_reserved_area() to mm/memblock.c
memblock: make free_reserved_area() more robust
memblock: extract page freeing from free_reserved_area() into a helper
memblock: make free_reserved_area() update memblock if ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK=y
memblock, treewide: make memblock_free() handle late freeing
memblock: warn when freeing reserved memory before memory map is initialized
arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 3 -
arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 16 +--
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c | 11 +-
arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c | 4 +-
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/platform/efi/memmap.c | 5 +-
arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 2 +-
drivers/firmware/efi/apple-properties.c | 2 +-
drivers/of/kexec.c | 2 +-
include/linux/memblock.h | 2 -
init/initramfs.c | 7 --
kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 6 +-
lib/bootconfig.c | 2 +-
mm/internal.h | 10 ++
mm/kfence/core.c | 4 +-
mm/memblock.c | 124 +++++++++++++++------
mm/page_alloc.c | 46 --------
tools/include/linux/mm.h | 1 +
tools/testing/memblock/internal.h | 34 +++++-
19 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 139 deletions(-)
base-commit: 1f318b96cc84d7c2ab792fcc0bfd42a7ca890681
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 7:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 7:48 Mike Rapoport [this message]
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] memblock: reserve_mem: fix end caclulation in reserve_mem_release_by_name() Mike Rapoport
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] powerpc: fadump: pair alloc_pages_exact() with free_pages_exact() Mike Rapoport
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] powerpc: opal-core: " Mike Rapoport
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] mm: move free_reserved_area() to mm/memblock.c Mike Rapoport
2026-03-30 9:00 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] memblock: make free_reserved_area() more robust Mike Rapoport
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] memblock: extract page freeing from free_reserved_area() into a helper Mike Rapoport
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] memblock: make free_reserved_area() update memblock if ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK=y Mike Rapoport
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] memblock, treewide: make memblock_free() handle late freeing Mike Rapoport
2026-03-23 7:48 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] memblock: warn when freeing reserved memory before memory map is initialized Mike Rapoport
2026-03-27 14:01 ` Warning from free_reserved_area() in next-20260325+ Bert Karwatzki
2026-03-27 17:12 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-03-27 19:54 ` Bert Karwatzki
2026-03-25 8:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] memblock: improve late freeing of reserved memory Mike Rapoport
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