x86/kexec: Copy ACPI root pointer address from config table
authorArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:09:35 +0000 (12:09 +0100)
committerArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:19:19 +0000 (11:19 +0100)
commite00ac9e5afb5d80c0168ec88d8e8662a54af8249
treec3c62c28f0ef7ea9f8ce623485cc2c3c5eaa4354
parente65ca16463112677923c61f58cc09e121be1bbce
x86/kexec: Copy ACPI root pointer address from config table

Dave reports that kexec may fail when the first kernel boots via the EFI
stub but without EFI runtime services, as in that case, the RSDP address
field in struct bootparams is never assigned. Kexec copies this value
into the version of struct bootparams that it provides to the incoming
kernel, which may have no other means to locate the ACPI root pointer.

So take the value from the EFI config tables if no root pointer has been
set in the first kernel's struct bootparams.

Fixes: a1b87d54f4e4 ("x86/efistub: Avoid legacy decompressor when doing EFI boot")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.1
Reported-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-efi/aZQg_tRQmdKNadCg@darkstar.users.ipa.redhat.com/
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c