* [PATCH] arm: kernel: add NULL pointer check in early_mem()
@ 2026-04-03 6:08 Austin Kim
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From: Austin Kim @ 2026-04-03 6:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux; +Cc: linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, austindh.kim
The 'early_mem' function handles memory-related boot parameters.
If the parameter 'p' is passed as NULL, it could lead to an
uninitialized or invalid memory access during parsing.
This patch adds a NULL pointer check at the beginning of the
function to return early if no argument is provided, ensuring
system stability during the early boot process.
Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austindh.kim@gmail.com>
---
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 0bfd66c7a..b718a7df3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ static int __init early_mem(char *p)
u64 start;
char *endp;
+ if (!p)
+ return 1;
/*
* If the user specifies memory size, we
* blow away any automatically generated
--
2.34.1
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