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mm,memblock: reset memblock.reserved to system init state to prevent UAF 

The memblock_discard function frees the memblock.reserved.regions
array, which is good.

However, if a subsequent memblock_free (or memblock_phys_free) comes
in later, from for example ima_free_kexec_buffer, that will result in
a use after free bug in memblock_isolate_range.

When running a kernel with CONFIG_KASAN enabled, this will cause a
kernel panic very early in boot. Without CONFIG_KASAN, there is
a chance that memblock_isolate_range might scribble on memory
that is now in use by somebody else.

Avoid those issues by making sure that memblock_discard points
memblock.reserved.regions back at the static buffer.

If memblock_free is called after memblock memory is discarded, that will
print a warning in memblock_remove_region.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230719154137.732d8525@imladris.surriel.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org>
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Rik van Riel 2023-07-19 15:41:37 -04:00 committed by Mike Rapoport (IBM)
parent 6eaae19807
commit 9e46e4dcd9
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@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ void __init memblock_discard(void)
kfree(memblock.reserved.regions);
else
memblock_free_late(addr, size);
/* Reset to prevent UAF from stray frees. */
memblock.reserved.regions = memblock_reserved_init_regions;
memblock.reserved.cnt = 1;
memblock_remove_region(&memblock.reserved, 0);
}
if (memblock.memory.regions != memblock_memory_init_regions) {