Re: [PATCH] crash_core: optimize crash_exclude_mem_range()

From: Yuntao Wang
Date: Tue Jan 02 2024 - 10:21:06 EST


On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:28:06 +0800, Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 12/29/23 at 12:10pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:34:18 +0800 Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Because memory ranges in mem->ranges are stored in ascending order, when we
> > > detect `p_end < start`, we can break the for loop early, as the subsequent
> > > memory ranges must also be outside the range we are looking for.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > >
> > > Patch "[PATCH 2/2] crash_core: fix out-of-bounds access check in
> > > crash_exclude_mem_range()" can be ignored, use this patch instead.
> > >
> >
> > Some reviewer input on this would be helpful please?
>
>
> I suggested this in below discussion thread:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZYEOshALGbDKwSdc@MiWiFi-R3L-srv/T/#u
>
> So it would be good if squashing this into patch 3 of another patch
> thread you are asking:
> [PATCH 3/3] crash_core: fix and simplify the logic of crash_exclude_mem_range()
>

Hi all,

I've squashed this patch into the patch:

[PATCH 3/3] crash_core: fix and simplify the logic of crash_exclude_mem_range()

The link to the new patch is:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240102144905.110047-1-ytcoode@xxxxxxxxx/t/#m255d0d26148f2b384f6b7ab77eb38edf3f1bc0df

> And I would suggest withdrawing Yuntao's below patch on your
> mm-nonmm-unstable branch.
>
> 961c69e9f1bf x86/crash: fix potential cmem->ranges array overflow
>
> Becase there's better one to fix the potential oob from fuqiang,
> although fuqiang need improve his patch log.
>
> [PATCH v3] x86/kexec: fix potential cmem->ranges out of bounds
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231222121855.148215-1-fuqiang.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
>

I'm okay with that.

> >
> > > --- a/kernel/crash_core.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
> > > @@ -575,9 +575,12 @@ int crash_exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
> > > p_start = mstart;
> > > p_end = mend;
> > >
> > > - if (p_start > end || p_end < start)
> > > + if (p_start > end)
> > > continue;
> > >
> > > + if (p_end < start)
> > > + break;
> > > +
> > > /* Truncate any area outside of range */
> > > if (p_start < start)
> > > p_start = start;
> > > --
> > > 2.43.0
> >