[PATCH RFC 2/4] sh/crash_dump: check ioremap() in copy_oldmem_page()

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Thu Nov 12 11:07:50 PST 2026


On Thu, 12 Nov 2026 at 17:43, Christian Brauner <brauner at kernel.org> wrote:
> copy_oldmem_page() maps a page of the old kernel with ioremap() and
> copies from it without checking whether the mapping worked. If it
> didn't, the copy reads from an offset into the NULL page.
>
> Return -ENOMEM like the other architectures do. read_from_oldmem() turns
> that into -EFAULT like any other short copy.
>
> Fixes: 4d5ade5b29c6 ("sh: kdump support.")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner at kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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