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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c
index 4e5ac46adc9d..81ec7c02f968 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c
@@ -121,11 +121,16 @@ void __init kasan_init(void)
kasan_populate_zero_shadow(kasan_mem_to_shadow((void *)MODULES_END),
(void *)KASAN_SHADOW_END);
- memset(kasan_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
-
load_cr3(init_level4_pgt);
__flush_tlb_all();
- init_task.kasan_depth = 0;
+ /*
+ * kasan_zero_page has been used as early shadow memory, thus it may
+ * contain some garbage. Now we can clear it, since after the TLB flush
+ * no one should write to it.
+ */
+ memset(kasan_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ init_task.kasan_depth = 0;
pr_info("KernelAddressSanitizer initialized\n");
}