In relocate_kernel() CR4.LA57 flag is set before kexec jumping if
the kernel has 5-level paging enabled. Then in boot/compressed/head_64.S,
it will check if the booting kernel is in 4-level or 5-level paging
mode, and handle accordingly. However, the old kernel which doesn't
contain the 5-level codes doesn't know how to cope with it, then #GP
triggered.
Instead of triggering #GP during kexec kernel boot, error out during
kexec loading if find out we are trying to jump to old 4-level kernel
from 5-level kernel.
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <b...@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
index 278cd07228dd..5bfb39fc56fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ static int bzImage64_probe(const char *buf, unsigned long
len)
return ret;
}
+ if (!(header->xloadflags & XLF_5LEVEL) && pgtable_l5_enabled()) {
+ pr_err("Can not jump to old 4-level kernel from 5-level
kernel.\n");
+ return ret;
+ }
+
/* I've got a bzImage */
pr_debug("It's a relocatable bzImage64\n");
ret = 0;
--
2.13.6
