From: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx> Subject: initramfs: don't free a non-existent initrd Since 54c7a8916a88 ("initramfs: free initrd memory if opening /initrd.image fails"), the kernel has unconditionally attempted to free the initrd even if it doesn't exist. In the non-existent case this causes a boot-time splat if CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL is enabled due to a call to virt_to_phys() with a NULL address. Instead we should check that the initrd actually exists and only attempt to free it if it does. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190516143125.48948-1-steven.price@xxxxxxx Fixes: 54c7a8916a88 ("initramfs: free initrd memory if opening /initrd.image fails") Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx> Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/initramfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/init/initramfs.c~initramfs-dont-free-a-non-existent-initrd +++ a/init/initramfs.c @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ done: * If the initrd region is overlapped with crashkernel reserved region, * free only memory that is not part of crashkernel region. */ - if (!do_retain_initrd && !kexec_free_initrd()) + if (!do_retain_initrd && initrd_start && !kexec_free_initrd()) free_initrd_mem(initrd_start, initrd_end); initrd_start = 0; initrd_end = 0; _