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Stackprotector cannot work before paging is enabled. The read from the per CPU variable __stack_chk_guard is always accessing the virtual address either directly on UP or via FS on SMP. In physical address mode this results in an access to memory above 3GB. So this works by chance as the hardware returns the same value when there is no RAM at this physical address. When there is RAM populated above 3G then the read is by chance the same as nothing changes that memory during the very early boot stage. Stop relying on pure luck and disable the stack protector for the only C function which is called during early boot before paging is enabled. Remove function tracing from the whole source file as there is no way to trace this at all, but in case of CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=n mk_early_pgtbl_32() would access global function tracer variables in physical address mode which again might work by chance. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231002115902.156063939@linutronix.de
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.