kexec_file_load now just reuse the old boot_params.screen_info. But if drivers have change the hardware state, boot_param.screen_info could contain invalid info. For example, the video type might be no longer VGA, or frame buffer address changed. If kexec kernel keep using the old screen_info, kexec'ed kernel may attempt to write to an invalid framebuffer memory region. There are two screen_info globally available, boot_params.screen_info and screen_info. Later one is a copy, and could be updated by drivers. So let kexec_file_load use the updated copy. Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c index 57c2ecf43134..ce831f9448e7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c @@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ setup_boot_parameters(struct kimage *image, struct boot_params *params, params->hdr.hardware_subarch = boot_params.hdr.hardware_subarch; /* Copying screen_info will do? */ - memcpy(¶ms->screen_info, &boot_params.screen_info, - sizeof(struct screen_info)); + memcpy(¶ms->screen_info, &screen_info, sizeof(struct screen_info)); /* Fill in memsize later */ params->screen_info.ext_mem_k = 0; -- 2.28.0