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Then later cma_activate_area() can hit\na VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn & ((1 << order) - 1)) if the reserved memory\narea was not pageblock_order aligned.\n\nFix it by moving the fadump_cma_init() after initmem_init(),\nwhere other such cma reservations also gets called.\n\n<stack trace>\n==============\npage: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x10010\nflags: 0x13ffff800000000(node=1|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff) CMA\nraw: 013ffff800000000 5deadbeef0000100 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000\nraw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000\npage dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn & ((1 << order) - 1))\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nkernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:778!\n\nCall Trace:\n__free_one_page+0x57c/0x7b0 (unreliable)\nfree_pcppages_bulk+0x1a8/0x2c8\nfree_unref_page_commit+0x3d4/0x4e4\nfree_unref_page+0x458/0x6d0\ninit_cma_reserved_pageblock+0x114/0x198\ncma_init_reserved_areas+0x270/0x3e0\ndo_one_initcall+0x80/0x2f8\nkernel_init_freeable+0x33c/0x530\nkernel_init+0x34/0x26c\nret_from_kernel_user_thread+0x14/0x1c"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: powerpc/fadump: mover fadump_cma_init a setup_arch() despu\u00e9s de initmem_init() Durante la inicializaci\u00f3n temprana, CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES puede ser PAGE_SIZE, ya que pageblock_order sigue siendo cero y se inicializa m\u00e1s tarde durante initmem_init(), por ejemplo, setup_arch() -&gt; initmem_init() -&gt; sparse_init() -&gt; set_pageblock_order() Un caso de uso en el que esto causa problemas es: early_setup() -&gt; early_init_devtree() -&gt; fadump_reserve_mem() -&gt; fadump_cma_init() Esto hace que la verificaci\u00f3n de alineaci\u00f3n de memoria de CMA se omita en cma_init_reserved_mem(). Luego, m\u00e1s adelante, cma_activate_area() puede generar un error VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn &amp; ((1 &lt;&lt; order) - 1)) si el \u00e1rea de memoria reservada no estaba alineada con pageblock_order. Solucione este problema moviendo fadump_cma_init() despu\u00e9s de initmem_init(), donde tambi\u00e9n se invocan otras reservas de cma similares. ============== p\u00e1gina: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 \u00edndice:0x0 pfn:0x10010 indicadores: 0x13ffff800000000(nodo=1|zona=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff) CMA sin procesar: 013ffff800000000 5deadbeef0000100 5deadbeef0000122 000000000000000 sin procesar: 000000000000000 00000000000000 000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 p\u00e1gina volcada porque: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn &amp; ((1 &lt;&lt; orden) - 1)) ------------[ cortar aqu\u00ed ]------------ \u00a1ERROR del kernel en mm/page_alloc.c:778! 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