openwrt/target/linux/generic/pending-4.9/920-mangle_bootargs.patch
Stijn Tintel f621b53951 kernel: bump 4.9 to 4.9.82
Refresh patches.
Remove upstreamed patches:
- ar7/002-MIPS-AR7-ensure-the-port-type-s-FCR-value-is-used.patch
- backport/040-crypto-fix-typo-in-KPP-dependency-of-CRYPTO_ECDH.patch
Remove layerscape/819-Revert-dmaengine-dmatest-move-callback-wait-queue-to.patch,
it is superseded by upstream commit 297c7cc4b5651b174a62925b6c961085f04979fd.
Remove pending/650-pppoe_header_pad.patch, it is superseded by
upstream commit 1bd21b158e07e0b8c5a2ce832305a0ebfe42c480.
Update patches that no longer apply:
- ar71xx/004-register_gpio_driver_earlier.patch
- hack/204-module_strip.patch
- pending/493-ubi-set-ROOT_DEV-to-ubiblock-rootfs-if-unset.patch

Fixes CVE-2017-8824.

Compile-tested: ar71xx.
Runtime-tested: ar71xx.

Signed-off-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
2018-02-18 02:59:57 +01:00

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From: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
Subject: init: add CONFIG_MANGLE_BOOTARGS and disable it by default
Enabling this option renames the bootloader supplied root=
and rootfstype= variables, which might have to be know but
would break the automatisms OpenWrt uses.
Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
---
init/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
init/main.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1694,6 +1694,15 @@ config EMBEDDED
an embedded system so certain expert options are available
for configuration.
+config MANGLE_BOOTARGS
+ bool "Rename offending bootargs"
+ depends on EXPERT
+ help
+ Sometimes the bootloader passed bogus root= and rootfstype=
+ parameters to the kernel, and while you want to ignore them,
+ you need to know the values f.e. to support dual firmware
+ layouts on the flash.
+
config HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
bool
help
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -352,6 +352,29 @@ static inline void setup_nr_cpu_ids(void
static inline void smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int maxcpus) { }
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MANGLE_BOOTARGS
+static void __init mangle_bootargs(char *command_line)
+{
+ char *rootdev;
+ char *rootfs;
+
+ rootdev = strstr(command_line, "root=/dev/mtdblock");
+
+ if (rootdev)
+ strncpy(rootdev, "mangled_rootblock=", 18);
+
+ rootfs = strstr(command_line, "rootfstype");
+
+ if (rootfs)
+ strncpy(rootfs, "mangled_fs", 10);
+
+}
+#else
+static void __init mangle_bootargs(char *command_line)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* We need to store the untouched command line for future reference.
* We also need to store the touched command line since the parameter
@@ -505,6 +528,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_k
pr_notice("%s", linux_banner);
setup_arch(&command_line);
mm_init_cpumask(&init_mm);
+ mangle_bootargs(command_line);
setup_command_line(command_line);
setup_nr_cpu_ids();
setup_per_cpu_areas();