diff --git a/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Load ELF vmlinux file for the kexec_file_load syscall.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004  Adam Litke (agl@us.ibm.com)
+ * Copyright (C) 2004  IBM Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005  R Sharada (sharada@in.ibm.com)
+ * Copyright (C) 2006  Mohan Kumar M (mohan@in.ibm.com)
+ * Copyright (C) 2016  IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Based on kexec-tools' kexec-elf-exec.c and kexec-elf-ppc64.c.
+ * Heavily modified for the kernel by
+ * Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com>.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt)	"kexec_elf: " fmt
+
+#include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/kexec.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+static inline bool elf_is_elf_file(const struct elfhdr *ehdr)
+{
+	return memcmp(ehdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) == 0;
+}
+
+static uint64_t elf64_to_cpu(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, uint64_t value)
+{
+	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB)
+		value = le64_to_cpu(value);
+	else if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2MSB)
+		value = be64_to_cpu(value);
+
+	return value;
+}
+
+static uint32_t elf32_to_cpu(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, uint32_t value)
+{
+	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB)
+		value = le32_to_cpu(value);
+	else if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2MSB)
+		value = be32_to_cpu(value);
+
+	return value;
+}
+
+static uint16_t elf16_to_cpu(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, uint16_t value)
+{
+	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB)
+		value = le16_to_cpu(value);
+	else if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2MSB)
+		value = be16_to_cpu(value);
+
+	return value;
+}
+
+/**
+ * elf_is_ehdr_sane - check that it is safe to use the ELF header
+ * @buf_len:	size of the buffer in which the ELF file is loaded.
+ */
+static bool elf_is_ehdr_sane(const struct elfhdr *ehdr, size_t buf_len)
+{
+	if (ehdr->e_phnum > 0 && ehdr->e_phentsize != sizeof(struct elf_phdr)) {
+		pr_debug("Bad program header size.\n");
+		return false;
+	} else if (ehdr->e_shnum > 0 &&
+		   ehdr->e_shentsize != sizeof(struct elf_shdr)) {
+		pr_debug("Bad section header size.\n");
+		return false;
+	} else if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT ||
+		   ehdr->e_version != EV_CURRENT) {
+		pr_debug("Unknown ELF version.\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (ehdr->e_phoff > 0 && ehdr->e_phnum > 0) {
+		size_t phdr_size;
+
+		/*
+		 * e_phnum is at most 65535 so calculating the size of the
+		 * program header cannot overflow.
+		 */
+		phdr_size = sizeof(struct elf_phdr) * ehdr->e_phnum;
+
+		/* Sanity check the program header table location. */
+		if (ehdr->e_phoff + phdr_size < ehdr->e_phoff) {
+			pr_debug("Program headers at invalid location.\n");
+			return false;
+		} else if (ehdr->e_phoff + phdr_size > buf_len) {
+			pr_debug("Program headers truncated.\n");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ehdr->e_shoff > 0 && ehdr->e_shnum > 0) {
+		size_t shdr_size;
+
+		/*
+		 * e_shnum is at most 65536 so calculating
+		 * the size of the section header cannot overflow.
+		 */
+		shdr_size = sizeof(struct elf_shdr) * ehdr->e_shnum;
+
+		/* Sanity check the section header table location. */
+		if (ehdr->e_shoff + shdr_size < ehdr->e_shoff) {
+			pr_debug("Section headers at invalid location.\n");
+			return false;
+		} else if (ehdr->e_shoff + shdr_size > buf_len) {
+			pr_debug("Section headers truncated.\n");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int elf_read_ehdr(const char *buf, size_t len, struct elfhdr *ehdr)
+{
+	struct elfhdr *buf_ehdr;
+
+	if (len < sizeof(*buf_ehdr)) {
+		pr_debug("Buffer is too small to hold ELF header.\n");
+		return -ENOEXEC;
+	}
+
+	memset(ehdr, 0, sizeof(*ehdr));
+	memcpy(ehdr->e_ident, buf, sizeof(ehdr->e_ident));
+	if (!elf_is_elf_file(ehdr)) {
+		pr_debug("No ELF header magic.\n");
+		return -ENOEXEC;
+	}
+
+	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELF_CLASS) {
+		pr_debug("Not a supported ELF class.\n");
+		return -ENOEXEC;
+	} else  if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] != ELFDATA2LSB &&
+		ehdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] != ELFDATA2MSB) {
+		pr_debug("Not a supported ELF data format.\n");
+		return -ENOEXEC;
+	}
+
+	buf_ehdr = (struct elfhdr *) buf;
+	if (elf16_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_ehsize) != sizeof(*buf_ehdr)) {
+		pr_debug("Bad ELF header size.\n");
+		return -ENOEXEC;
+	}
+
+	ehdr->e_type      = elf16_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_type);
+	ehdr->e_machine   = elf16_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_machine);
+	ehdr->e_version   = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_version);
+	ehdr->e_flags     = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_flags);
+	ehdr->e_phentsize = elf16_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_phentsize);
+	ehdr->e_phnum     = elf16_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_phnum);
+	ehdr->e_shentsize = elf16_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_shentsize);
+	ehdr->e_shnum     = elf16_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_shnum);
+	ehdr->e_shstrndx  = elf16_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_shstrndx);
+
+	switch (ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS]) {
+	case ELFCLASS64:
+		ehdr->e_entry = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_entry);
+		ehdr->e_phoff = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_phoff);
+		ehdr->e_shoff = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_shoff);
+		break;
+
+	case ELFCLASS32:
+		ehdr->e_entry = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_entry);
+		ehdr->e_phoff = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_phoff);
+		ehdr->e_shoff = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_ehdr->e_shoff);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		pr_debug("Unknown ELF class.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return elf_is_ehdr_sane(ehdr, len) ? 0 : -ENOEXEC;
+}
+
+/**
+ * elf_is_phdr_sane - check that it is safe to use the program header
+ * @buf_len:	size of the buffer in which the ELF file is loaded.
+ */
+static bool elf_is_phdr_sane(const struct elf_phdr *phdr, size_t buf_len)
+{
+
+	if (phdr->p_offset + phdr->p_filesz < phdr->p_offset) {
+		pr_debug("ELF segment location wraps around.\n");
+		return false;
+	} else if (phdr->p_offset + phdr->p_filesz > buf_len) {
+		pr_debug("ELF segment not in file.\n");
+		return false;
+	} else if (phdr->p_paddr + phdr->p_memsz < phdr->p_paddr) {
+		pr_debug("ELF segment address wraps around.\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int elf_read_phdr(const char *buf, size_t len,
+			 struct kexec_elf_info *elf_info,
+			 int idx)
+{
+	/* Override the const in proghdrs, we are the ones doing the loading. */
+	struct elf_phdr *phdr = (struct elf_phdr *) &elf_info->proghdrs[idx];
+	const struct elfhdr *ehdr = elf_info->ehdr;
+	const char *pbuf;
+	struct elf_phdr *buf_phdr;
+
+	pbuf = buf + elf_info->ehdr->e_phoff + (idx * sizeof(*buf_phdr));
+	buf_phdr = (struct elf_phdr *) pbuf;
+
+	phdr->p_type   = elf32_to_cpu(elf_info->ehdr, buf_phdr->p_type);
+	phdr->p_flags  = elf32_to_cpu(elf_info->ehdr, buf_phdr->p_flags);
+
+	switch (ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS]) {
+	case ELFCLASS64:
+		phdr->p_offset = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_offset);
+		phdr->p_paddr  = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_paddr);
+		phdr->p_vaddr  = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_vaddr);
+		phdr->p_filesz = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_filesz);
+		phdr->p_memsz  = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_memsz);
+		phdr->p_align  = elf64_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_align);
+		break;
+
+	case ELFCLASS32:
+		phdr->p_offset = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_offset);
+		phdr->p_paddr  = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_paddr);
+		phdr->p_vaddr  = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_vaddr);
+		phdr->p_filesz = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_filesz);
+		phdr->p_memsz  = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_memsz);
+		phdr->p_align  = elf32_to_cpu(ehdr, buf_phdr->p_align);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		pr_debug("Unknown ELF class.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return elf_is_phdr_sane(phdr, len) ? 0 : -ENOEXEC;
+}
+
+/**
+ * elf_read_phdrs - read the program headers from the buffer
+ *
+ * This function assumes that the program header table was checked for sanity.
+ * Use elf_is_ehdr_sane() if it wasn't.
+ */
+static int elf_read_phdrs(const char *buf, size_t len,
+			  struct kexec_elf_info *elf_info)
+{
+	size_t phdr_size, i;
+	const struct elfhdr *ehdr = elf_info->ehdr;
+
+	/*
+	 * e_phnum is at most 65535 so calculating the size of the
+	 * program header cannot overflow.
+	 */
+	phdr_size = sizeof(struct elf_phdr) * ehdr->e_phnum;
+
+	elf_info->proghdrs = kzalloc(phdr_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!elf_info->proghdrs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; i++) {
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = elf_read_phdr(buf, len, elf_info, i);
+		if (ret) {
+			kfree(elf_info->proghdrs);
+			elf_info->proghdrs = NULL;
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * elf_read_from_buffer - read ELF file and sets up ELF header and ELF info
+ * @buf:	Buffer to read ELF file from.
+ * @len:	Size of @buf.
+ * @ehdr:	Pointer to existing struct which will be populated.
+ * @elf_info:	Pointer to existing struct which will be populated.
+ *
+ * This function allows reading ELF files with different byte order than
+ * the kernel, byte-swapping the fields as needed.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * On success returns 0, and the caller should call
+ * kexec_free_elf_info(elf_info) to free the memory allocated for the section
+ * and program headers.
+ */
+static int elf_read_from_buffer(const char *buf, size_t len,
+				struct elfhdr *ehdr,
+				struct kexec_elf_info *elf_info)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = elf_read_ehdr(buf, len, ehdr);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	elf_info->buffer = buf;
+	elf_info->ehdr = ehdr;
+	if (ehdr->e_phoff > 0 && ehdr->e_phnum > 0) {
+		ret = elf_read_phdrs(buf, len, elf_info);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kexec_free_elf_info - free memory allocated by elf_read_from_buffer
+ */
+void kexec_free_elf_info(struct kexec_elf_info *elf_info)
+{
+	kfree(elf_info->proghdrs);
+	memset(elf_info, 0, sizeof(*elf_info));
+}
+/**
+ * kexec_build_elf_info - read ELF executable and check that we can use it
+ */
+int kexec_build_elf_info(const char *buf, size_t len, struct elfhdr *ehdr,
+			       struct kexec_elf_info *elf_info)
+{
+	int i;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = elf_read_from_buffer(buf, len, ehdr, elf_info);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Big endian vmlinux has type ET_DYN. */
+	if (ehdr->e_type != ET_EXEC && ehdr->e_type != ET_DYN) {
+		pr_err("Not an ELF executable.\n");
+		goto error;
+	} else if (!elf_info->proghdrs) {
+		pr_err("No ELF program header.\n");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * Kexec does not support loading interpreters.
+		 * In addition this check keeps us from attempting
+		 * to kexec ordinay executables.
+		 */
+		if (elf_info->proghdrs[i].p_type == PT_INTERP) {
+			pr_err("Requires an ELF interpreter.\n");
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+error:
+	kexec_free_elf_info(elf_info);
+	return -ENOEXEC;
+}
+
+
+int kexec_elf_probe(const char *buf, unsigned long len)
+{
+	struct elfhdr ehdr;
+	struct kexec_elf_info elf_info;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kexec_build_elf_info(buf, len, &ehdr, &elf_info);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	kexec_free_elf_info(&elf_info);
+
+	return elf_check_arch(&ehdr) ? 0 : -ENOEXEC;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kexec_elf_load - load ELF executable image
+ * @lowest_load_addr:	On return, will be the address where the first PT_LOAD
+ *			section will be loaded in memory.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * 0 on success, negative value on failure.
+ */
+int kexec_elf_load(struct kimage *image, struct elfhdr *ehdr,
+			 struct kexec_elf_info *elf_info,
+			 struct kexec_buf *kbuf,
+			 unsigned long *lowest_load_addr)
+{
+	unsigned long lowest_addr = UINT_MAX;
+	int ret;
+	size_t i;
+
+	/* Read in the PT_LOAD segments. */
+	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; i++) {
+		unsigned long load_addr;
+		size_t size;
+		const struct elf_phdr *phdr;
+
+		phdr = &elf_info->proghdrs[i];
+		if (phdr->p_type != PT_LOAD)
+			continue;
+
+		size = phdr->p_filesz;
+		if (size > phdr->p_memsz)
+			size = phdr->p_memsz;
+
+		kbuf->buffer = (void *) elf_info->buffer + phdr->p_offset;
+		kbuf->bufsz = size;
+		kbuf->memsz = phdr->p_memsz;
+		kbuf->buf_align = phdr->p_align;
+		kbuf->buf_min = phdr->p_paddr;
+		kbuf->mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
+		ret = kexec_add_buffer(kbuf);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+		load_addr = kbuf->mem;
+
+		if (load_addr < lowest_addr)
+			lowest_addr = load_addr;
+	}
+
+	*lowest_load_addr = lowest_addr;
+	ret = 0;
+ out:
+	return ret;
+}