linux/arch/x86/boot/tools
Matt Fleming 92f42c50f2 x86, efi: Fix endian issues and unaligned accesses
We may need to convert the endianness of the data we read from/write
to 'buf', so let's use {get,put}_unaligned_le32() to do that. Failure
to do so can result in accessing invalid memory, leading to a
segfault.  Stephen Rothwell noticed this bug while cross-building an
x86_64 allmodconfig kernel on PowerPC.

We need to read from and write to 'buf' a byte at a time otherwise
it's possible we'll perform an unaligned access, which can lead to bus
errors when cross-building an x86 kernel on risc architectures.

Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Nick Bowler <nbowler@elliptictech.com>
Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1330436245-24875-6-git-send-email-matt@console-pimps.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2012-02-28 10:23:02 -08:00
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.gitignore i386: move boot 2007-10-11 11:16:41 +02:00
build.c x86, efi: Fix endian issues and unaligned accesses 2012-02-28 10:23:02 -08:00