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+FreeBSD-EN-23:20.vm Errata Notice
+ The FreeBSD Project
+
+Topic: Incorrect results from the kernel physical memory allocator
+
+Category: core
+Module: vm
+Announced: 2023-XX-XX
+Affects: FreeBSD 14.0
+Corrected: 2023-XX-XX XX:XX:XX UTC (stable/14, 14.0-STABLE)
+ 2023-XX-XX XX:XX:XX UTC (releng/14.0, 14.0-RELEASE-pXX)
+
+For general information regarding FreeBSD Errata Notices and Security
+Advisories, including descriptions of the fields above, security
+branches, and the following sections, please visit
+.
+
+I. Background
+
+The FreeBSD kernel implements a physical memory allocator which is
+responsible for managing the system's RAM. This allocator provides
+interfaces which allow kernel code to request the allocation of memory
+which satisifies certain constraints, such as bounds on the physical
+address range for returned memory, and alignment of the returned
+physical pages.
+
+One use of the physical memory allocator is to allocate memory for DMA
+for device drivers, which may have special requirements. For example, a
+common constraint is that DMA memory be allocated from the low 4GB of
+the physical address space.
+
+II. Problem Description
+
+The code which implements the physical memory allocator in FreeBSD 14.0
+contains a bug such that the returned physical memory may, in some
+circumstances, fail to satisfy the specified constraints.
+
+III. Impact
+
+The effects of the bug do not have a simple characterization, as
+different consumers may be affected differently by the bug. In one
+case, the symptom was that the affected system would occasionally panic
+during boot. It is believed that most users will be unaffected by the
+problem.
+
+IV. Workaround
+
+No workaround is available.
+
+V. Solution
+
+
+
+Upgrade your system to a supported FreeBSD stable or release / security
+branch (releng) dated after the correction date.
+[XX Needs reboot? Mention please]
+
+Perform one of the following:
+
+1) To update your system via a binary patch:
+
+Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64 or arm64 platforms,
+or the i386 platfrom on FreeBSD 13 and earlier, can be updated via
+the freebsd-update(8) utility:
+
+# freebsd-update fetch
+# freebsd-update install
+[XX Needs reboot? Mention please]
+
+2) To update your system via a source code patch:
+
+The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable
+FreeBSD release branches.
+
+a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
+detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
+
+[FreeBSD 12.4]
+# fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-XX:XX/XXXX.patch
+# fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-XX:XX/XXXX.patch.asc
+# gpg --verify XXXX.patch.asc
+
+b) Apply the patch. Execute the following commands as root:
+
+# cd /usr/src
+# patch < /path/to/patch
+
+
+
+c) Recompile the operating system using buildworld and installworld as
+described in .
+
+
+
+c) Recompile the operating system using buildworld and installworld as
+described in .
+
+Restart the applicable daemons, or reboot the system.
+
+
+
+c) Recompile the operating system using buildworld and installworld as
+described in .
+
+Restart all daemons that use the library, or reboot the system.
+
+
+
+c) Recompile your kernel as described in
+ and reboot the
+system.
+
+VI. Correction details
+
+This issue is corrected as of the corresponding Git commit hash or Subversion
+revision number in the following stable and release branches:
+
+Branch/path Hash Revision
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+stable/14/ 210fce73ae0e stable/14-n265801
+releng/14.0/ XXXXXXXXXXXX releng/14.0-nXXXXXX
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+For FreeBSD 13 and later:
+
+Run the following command to see which files were modified by a
+particular commit:
+
+# git show --stat
+
+Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the hash:
+
+
+
+To determine the commit count in a working tree (for comparison against
+nNNNNNN in the table above), run:
+
+# git rev-list --count --first-parent HEAD
+
+For FreeBSD 12 and earlier:
+
+Run the following command to see which files were modified by a particular
+revision, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number:
+
+# svn diff -cNNNNNN --summarize svn://svn.freebsd.org/base
+
+Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number:
+
+
+
+VII. References
+
+
+
+
+
+The latest revision of this advisory is available at
+