From 9696846600cac4bd0dfd6835e45e69d25ec2b11e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Lackorzynski Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 23:22:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] multiboot: Prevent loading of x86_64 images A via -kernel supplied x86_64 ELF image is being started in 32bit mode. Detect and exit if a 64bit image has been supplied. Signed-off-by: Adam Lackorzynski Acked-by: Alexander Graf Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori --- hw/multiboot.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/multiboot.c b/hw/multiboot.c index f9097a2f60..e710bbb948 100644 --- a/hw/multiboot.c +++ b/hw/multiboot.c @@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ int load_multiboot(void *fw_cfg, uint64_t elf_low, elf_high; int kernel_size; fclose(f); + + if (((struct elf64_hdr*)header)->e_machine == EM_X86_64) { + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot load x86-64 image, give a 32bit one.\n"); + exit(1); + } + kernel_size = load_elf(kernel_filename, NULL, NULL, &elf_entry, &elf_low, &elf_high, 0, ELF_MACHINE, 0); if (kernel_size < 0) {