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:
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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.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250827-kbuf_all-v1-2-1df9882bb01a@debian.org
Fixes: bf454ec31add ("kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
int i;
int ret = 0;
size_t size;
- struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+ struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
const struct elf_phdr *phdr;
kbuf.image = image;
{
int i;
int ret;
- struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+ struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
const struct elf_phdr *phdr;
unsigned long lowest_paddr = ULONG_MAX;
unsigned long lowest_vaddr = ULONG_MAX;
struct riscv_image_header *h;
u64 flags;
bool be_image, be_kernel;
- struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+ struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
int ret;
/* Check Image header */
int ret;
void *fdt;
unsigned long initrd_pbase = 0UL;
- struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+ struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
char *modified_cmdline = NULL;
kbuf.image = image;