APPLIED[H]: [SRU] [H/U/OEM-5.10] [PATCH 0/1] Fix kernel panic on non-PCI efifb

Seth Forshee seth.forshee at canonical.com
Fri Apr 16 18:29:57 UTC 2021


On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 11:01:23PM +0800, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1922403
> 
> [Impact]
> Kernel panic at boot time on RPi4 UEFI and Hyper-V.
> 
> [Fix]
> efifb isn't neccessarily a PCI device, so check that before using it.
> 
> [Test]
> Boot Hirsute kernel on Hyper-V.
> With the fix applied, no more kernel panic at boot.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> Nothing really. The NULL check should've done in the first place.

This was included in linux 5.11.0-16.17 for hirsute, and in all
derivative versions based on that version. Thanks!



More information about the kernel-team mailing list