[PATCH] LoongArch: kexec: Initialize kexec_buf struct
Youling Tang
youling.tang at linux.dev
Thu Oct 23 23:36:53 PDT 2025
From: Youling Tang <tangyouling at kylinos.cn>
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.
Fixes: bf454ec31add ("kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250827-kbuf_all-v1-2-1df9882bb01a@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Youling Tang <tangyouling at kylinos.cn>
---
arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c | 2 +-
arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_elf.c | 2 +-
arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
index 45121b914f8f..5ee78ebb1546 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static void *efi_kexec_load(struct kimage *image,
{
int ret;
unsigned long text_offset, kernel_segment_number;
- struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+ struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
struct kexec_segment *kernel_segment;
struct loongarch_image_header *h;
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index 97b2f049801a..1b6b64744c7f 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static void *elf_kexec_load(struct kimage *image,
int ret;
unsigned long text_offset, kernel_segment_number;
struct elfhdr ehdr;
- struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+ struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
struct kexec_elf_info elf_info;
struct kexec_segment *kernel_segment;
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index dda236b51a88..fb57026f5f25 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
unsigned long initrd_load_addr = 0;
unsigned long orig_segments = image->nr_segments;
char *modified_cmdline = NULL;
- struct kexec_buf kbuf;
+ struct kexec_buf kbuf = {};
kbuf.image = image;
/* Don't allocate anything below the kernel */
--
2.43.0
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