# \[PATCH v4 02/11\] kallsyms: Fix address-checks for kernel related range

- From: Kefeng Wang \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-09-30 07:09:34 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2021/09/1526625
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2021/09/1526626/t.md

```text
The is_kernel_inittext/is_kernel_text/is_kernel function should not
include the end address(the labels _einittext, _etext and _end) when
check the address range, the issue exists since Linux v2.6.12.

Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <redacted>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <redacted>
---
 include/linux/kallsyms.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kallsyms.h b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
index 2a241e3f063f..b016c62f30a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/kallsyms.h
+++ b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
@@ -27,21 +27,21 @@ struct module;
 static inline int is_kernel_inittext(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sinittext
-	    && addr <= (unsigned long)_einittext)
+	    && addr < (unsigned long)_einittext)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
 {
-	if ((addr >= (unsigned long)_stext && addr <= (unsigned long)_etext))
+	if ((addr >= (unsigned long)_stext && addr < (unsigned long)_etext))
 		return 1;
 	return in_gate_area_no_mm(addr);
 }
 
 static inline int is_kernel(unsigned long addr)
 {
-	if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext && addr <= (unsigned long)_end)
+	if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext && addr < (unsigned long)_end)
 		return 1;
 	return in_gate_area_no_mm(addr);
 }
-- 
2.26.2

```