From ff35bc33c5ee184868d41bf76dcc7322191f9fd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juergen Gross Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:17:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] x86: fix setup of brk area Commit e32683c6f7d2 ("x86/mm: Fix RESERVE_BRK() for older binutils") put the brk area into the .bss segment, causing it not to be cleared initially. As the brk area is used to allocate early page tables, these might contain garbage in not explicitly written entries. Fix that by letting clear_bss() clear the brk area, too. Fixes: e32683c6f7d2 ("x86/mm: Fix RESERVE_BRK() for older binutils") Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross --- arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c index e7e233209a8c..6a3cfaf6b72a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c @@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ void __init clear_bss(void) { memset(__bss_start, 0, (unsigned long) __bss_stop - (unsigned long) __bss_start); + memset(__brk_base, 0, + (unsigned long) __brk_limit - (unsigned long) __brk_base); } static unsigned long get_cmd_line_ptr(void) -- 2.35.3