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The 5-level paging code parses the command line to look for the 'no5lvl' string, and does so very early, before sanitize_boot_params() has been called and has been given the opportunity to wipe bogus data from the fields in boot_params that are not covered by struct setup_header, and are therefore supposed to be initialized to zero by the bootloader. This triggers an early boot crash when using syslinux-efi to boot a recent kernel built with CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y and CONFIG_EFI_STUB=n, as the 0xff padding that now fills the unused PE/COFF header is copied into boot_params by the bootloader, and interpreted as the top half of the command line pointer. Fix this by sanitizing the boot_params before use. Note that there is no harm in calling this more than once; subsequent invocations are able to spot that the boot_params have already been cleaned up. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.1+ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250306155915.342465-2-ardb+git@google.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202503041549.35913.ulrich.gemkow@ikr.uni-stuttgart.de
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.