From: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
To: Mikhail Zaslonko <zaslonko@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar@linux.ibm.com>,
Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] s390/ipl: Fix missing re-IPL parm blocks handling in dump paths
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:37:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ttjxcy4@ub.hpns> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c00-02.ttjpfvt@ub.hpns>
On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 01:06:52PM +0200, Vasily Gorbik wrote:
> HMC FTP boot and QEMU direct kernel boot do not provide an IPL parameter
> block. This can lead to NULL pointer dereferences during kdump and
> stand-alone dump processing.
>
> Fix the kdump and stand-alone dump paths separately. kdump continues
> without a re-IPL parameter block, while the stand-alone dumper completes
> the dump and halts.
>
> Vasily Gorbik (2):
> s390/ipl: Fix NULL deref in kdump without re-IPL parm block
> s390/ipl: Fix NULL deref in dump_reipl without re-IPL parm block
>
> arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c | 12 +++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Applied
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-17 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 11:06 [PATCH 0/2] s390/ipl: Fix missing re-IPL parm blocks handling in dump paths Vasily Gorbik
2026-08-13 11:06 ` [PATCH 1/2] s390/ipl: Fix NULL deref in kdump without re-IPL parm block Vasily Gorbik
2026-08-13 11:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 11:48 ` Vasily Gorbik
2026-08-14 14:41 ` Heiko Carstens
2026-08-13 11:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] s390/ipl: Fix NULL deref in dump_reipl " Vasily Gorbik
2026-08-13 11:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 13:57 ` Mikhail Zaslonko
2026-08-17 17:37 ` Vasily Gorbik [this message]
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