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Message #167320
[Bug 1549601] Re: [Hyper-V] x86, pageattr: prevent overflow in slow_virt_to_phys() for X86_PAE
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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Title:
[Hyper-V] x86,pageattr: prevent overflow in slow_virt_to_phys() for
X86_PAE
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
Fix Committed
Status in linux source package in Wily:
Fix Committed
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d1cd1210834649ce1ca6bafe5ac25d2f40331343
x86, pageattr: Prevent overflow in slow_virt_to_phys() for X86_PAE
pte_pfn() returns a PFN of long (32 bits in 32-PAE), so "long <<
PAGE_SHIFT" will overflow for PFNs above 4GB.
Due to this issue, some Linux 32-PAE distros, running as guests on Hyper-V,
with 5GB memory assigned, can't load the netvsc driver successfully and
hence the synthetic network device can't work (we can use the kernel parameter
mem=3000M to work around the issue).
Cast pte_pfn() to phys_addr_t before shifting.
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