From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org, harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>,
Borislav Betkov <bp@alien8.de>,
guoweikang <guoweikang.kernel@gmail.com>,
Henry Willard <henry.willard@oracle.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>,
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Jonathan McDowell <noodles@fb.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Paul Webb <paul.x.webb@oracle.com>,
Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>,
Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>,
Thomas Gleinxer <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Yifei Liu <yifei.l.liu@oracle.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: FAILED: Patch "of/kexec: refactor ima_get_kexec_buffer() to use ima_validate_range()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:35:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260301013502.1694624-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 4d02233235ed0450de9c10fcdcf3484e3c9401ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:16:08 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] of/kexec: refactor ima_get_kexec_buffer() to use
ima_validate_range()
Refactor the OF/DT ima_get_kexec_buffer() to use a generic helper to
validate the address range. No functional change intended.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251231061609.907170-3-harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Betkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: guoweikang <guoweikang.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Henry Willard <henry.willard@oracle.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>
Cc: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@fb.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Webb <paul.x.webb@oracle.com>
Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleinxer <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Yifei Liu <yifei.l.liu@oracle.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
drivers/of/kexec.c | 15 +++------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/of/kexec.c b/drivers/of/kexec.c
index 1ee2d31816aeb..c4cf3552c0183 100644
--- a/drivers/of/kexec.c
+++ b/drivers/of/kexec.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ int __init ima_get_kexec_buffer(void **addr, size_t *size)
{
int ret, len;
unsigned long tmp_addr;
- unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
size_t tmp_size;
const void *prop;
@@ -144,17 +143,9 @@ int __init ima_get_kexec_buffer(void **addr, size_t *size)
if (!tmp_size)
return -ENOENT;
- /*
- * Calculate the PFNs for the buffer and ensure
- * they are with in addressable memory.
- */
- start_pfn = PHYS_PFN(tmp_addr);
- end_pfn = PHYS_PFN(tmp_addr + tmp_size - 1);
- if (!page_is_ram(start_pfn) || !page_is_ram(end_pfn)) {
- pr_warn("IMA buffer at 0x%lx, size = 0x%zx beyond memory\n",
- tmp_addr, tmp_size);
- return -EINVAL;
- }
+ ret = ima_validate_range(tmp_addr, tmp_size);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
*addr = __va(tmp_addr);
*size = tmp_size;
--
2.51.0
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