(for example, a large mfsroot). Note that for EFI the kernel and
modules (as well as other metadata files such as splash screens or
memory disk images) are loaded into a statically-sized staging area.
When the EFI loader exits it copies this staging area down to the
location the kernel expects to run at.
- Add bounds checking to the copy routines to fail attempts to access
memory outside of the staging area. Previously loading a combined
kernel + modules larger than the staging size (32MB) would overflow
the staging area trashing whatever memory was afterwards. Under
Intel's OVMF firmware for qemu this resulted in fatal faults in the
firmware itself. Now the attempt will fail with ENOMEM.
- Allow the staging area size to be configured at compile time via
an EFI_STAGING_SIZE variable in src.conf or on the command line.
It accepts the size of the staging area in MB. The default size
remains 32MB.
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.
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