x86, boot: Sanitize boot_params if not zeroed on creation

Use the new sentinel field to detect bootloaders which fail to follow
protocol and don't initialize fields in struct boot_params that they
do not explicitly initialize to zero.

Based on an original patch and research by Yinghai Lu.
Changed by hpa to be invoked both in the decompression path and in the
kernel proper; the latter for the case where a bootloader takes over
decompression.

Originally-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359058816-7615-26-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-29 01:05:24 -08:00
parent 09c205afde
commit 5dcd14ecd4
5 changed files with 46 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ asmlinkage void decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
{
real_mode = rmode;
sanitize_boot_params(real_mode);
if (real_mode->screen_info.orig_video_mode == 7) {
vidmem = (char *) 0xb0000;
vidport = 0x3b4;