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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 130376ec10ba..20baced721ad 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -269,14 +269,24 @@ static void * __init get_boot_config_from_initrd(u32 *_size, u32 *_csum)
u32 size, csum;
char *data;
u32 *hdr;
+ int i;
if (!initrd_end)
return NULL;
data = (char *)initrd_end - BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN;
- if (memcmp(data, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN))
- return NULL;
+ /*
+ * Since Grub may align the size of initrd to 4, we must
+ * check the preceding 3 bytes as well.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ if (!memcmp(data, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN))
+ goto found;
+ data--;
+ }
+ return NULL;
+found:
hdr = (u32 *)(data - 8);
size = hdr[0];
csum = hdr[1];