reserve_memory (void)
{
	int n = 0;
	unsigned long total_memory;

	/*
	 * none of the entries in this table overlap
	 */
	rsvd_region[n].start = (unsigned long) ia64_boot_param;
	rsvd_region[n].end   = rsvd_region[n].start + sizeof(*ia64_boot_param);
	n++;

	rsvd_region[n].start = (unsigned long) __va(ia64_boot_param->efi_memmap);
	rsvd_region[n].end   = rsvd_region[n].start + ia64_boot_param->efi_memmap_size;
	n++;

	rsvd_region[n].start = (unsigned long) __va(ia64_boot_param->command_line);
	rsvd_region[n].end   = (rsvd_region[n].start
				+ strlen(__va(ia64_boot_param->command_line)) + 1);
	n++;

	rsvd_region[n].start = (unsigned long) ia64_imva((void *)KERNEL_START);
	rsvd_region[n].end   = (unsigned long) ia64_imva(_end);
	n++;

#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
	if (ia64_boot_param->initrd_start) {
		rsvd_region[n].start = (unsigned long)__va(ia64_boot_param->initrd_start);
		rsvd_region[n].end   = rsvd_region[n].start + ia64_boot_param->initrd_size;
		n++;
	}
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
	if (reserve_elfcorehdr(&rsvd_region[n].start,
			       &rsvd_region[n].end) == 0)
		n++;
#endif

	total_memory = efi_memmap_init(&rsvd_region[n].start, &rsvd_region[n].end);
	n++;

	setup_crashkernel(total_memory, &n);

	/* end of memory marker */
	rsvd_region[n].start = ~0UL;
	rsvd_region[n].end   = ~0UL;
	n++;

	num_rsvd_regions = n;
	BUG_ON(IA64_MAX_RSVD_REGIONS + 1 < n);

	sort_regions(rsvd_region, num_rsvd_regions);
}

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.