[PATCH v1] efi/runtime-wrappers: Avoid crashing on early PRM code invocations
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <[email protected]> Fri, 15 May 2026 19:10:10 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-efi,org.kernel.vger.linux-acpi,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
|---|---|
| Organization | Linux Kernel Development |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[email protected]> There is a dependency between EFI and ACPI PRM that the latter cannot run until the former is ready and PRM can be invoked from AML early through acpi_platformrt_space_handler(). If that happens before initializing efi_rts_wq, it leads to a NULL pointer dereference. Avoid that by adding an efi_rts_wq check against NULL to efi_call_acpi_prm_handler(). Fixes: 5894cf571e14 ("acpi/prmt: Use EFI runtime sandbox to invoke PRM handlers") Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]> Cc: 6.6+ <[email protected]> # 6.6+ --- An alternative would be to somehow ensure that efisubsys_init() will always run before acpi_init(), but moving any of them to another initcall level is not an option AFAICS. --- drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c @@ -590,6 +590,8 @@ efi_call_acpi_prm_handler(efi_status_t ( if (down_interruptible(&efi_runtime_lock)) return EFI_ABORTED; + if (!efi_rts_wq) + return EFI_NOT_READY; status = efi_queue_work(ACPI_PRM_HANDLER, handler_addr, param_buffer_addr, context); up(&efi_runtime_lock);