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-rw-r--r--mm/sparse.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index aadb7298dcef..65599e8bd636 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -781,6 +781,12 @@ static void section_deactivate(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
ms->usage = NULL;
}
memmap = sparse_decode_mem_map(ms->section_mem_map, section_nr);
+ /*
+ * Mark the section invalid so that valid_section()
+ * return false. This prevents code from dereferencing
+ * ms->usage array.
+ */
+ ms->section_mem_map &= ~SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP;
}
if (section_is_early && memmap)