The vga16fb framebuffer driver only supports Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics Array (VGA) 16 color graphic cards.
But it doesn't check if the adapter is one of those or if a VGA16 mode is used. This means that the driver will be probed even if a VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) or Graphics Output Protocol (GOP) interface is used.
This issue has been present for a long time but it was only exposed by commit d391c5827107 ("drivers/firmware: move x86 Generic System Framebuffers support") since the platform device registration to match the {vesa,efi}fb drivers is done later as a consequence of that change.
All non-x86 architectures though treat orig_video_isVGA as a boolean so only do the supported video mode check for x86 and not for other arches.
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215001 Fixes: d391c5827107 ("drivers/firmware: move x86 Generic System Framebuffers support") Reported-by: Kris Karas bugs-a21@moonlit-rail.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.15.x Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas javierm@redhat.com Tested-by: Kris Karas bugs-a21@moonlit-rail.com ---
Changes in v2: - Only check the suppported video mode for x86 (Geert Uytterhoeven).
drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c index 8c464409eb99..d21f68f3ee44 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c @@ -184,6 +184,25 @@ static inline void setindex(int index) vga_io_w(VGA_GFX_I, index); }
+/* Check if the video mode is supported by the driver */ +static inline int check_mode_supported(void) +{ + /* non-x86 architectures treat orig_video_isVGA as a boolean flag */ +#if defined(CONFIG_X86) + /* only EGA and VGA in 16 color graphic mode are supported */ + if (screen_info.orig_video_isVGA != VIDEO_TYPE_EGAC && + screen_info.orig_video_isVGA != VIDEO_TYPE_VGAC) + return -ENODEV; + + if (screen_info.orig_video_mode != 0x0D && /* 320x200/4 (EGA) */ + screen_info.orig_video_mode != 0x0E && /* 640x200/4 (EGA) */ + screen_info.orig_video_mode != 0x10 && /* 640x350/4 (EGA) */ + screen_info.orig_video_mode != 0x12) /* 640x480/4 (VGA) */ + return -ENODEV; +#endif + return 0; +} + static void vga16fb_pan_var(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var) { @@ -1427,6 +1446,11 @@ static int __init vga16fb_init(void)
vga16fb_setup(option); #endif + + ret = check_mode_supported(); + if (ret) + return ret; + ret = platform_driver_register(&vga16fb_driver);
if (!ret) {