diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
index b8d0fb0a9daf..78b1f956d8d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/kexec_image.c
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ static int image_probe(const char *kernel_buf, unsigned long kernel_len)
 		(const struct arm64_image_header *)(kernel_buf);
 
 	if (!h || (kernel_len < sizeof(*h)))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 
 	if (memcmp(&h->magic, ARM64_IMAGE_MAGIC, sizeof(h->magic)))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
index 5ee78ebb1546..28a1d0420ba3 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ static int efi_kexec_probe(const char *kernel_buf, unsigned long kernel_len)
 
 	if (!h || (kernel_len < sizeof(*h))) {
 		kexec_dprintk("No LoongArch image header.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
 	if (!loongarch_header_check_dos_sig(h)) {
 		kexec_dprintk("No LoongArch PE image header.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index 3e9a32acb8f2..ca5abbad59e5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int elf_find_pbase(struct kimage *image, unsigned long kernel_len,
 	kbuf.memsz = ALIGN(kernel_len, PAGE_SIZE);
 	kbuf.cma = NULL;
 	kbuf.top_down = false;
-	ret = arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole(&kbuf);
+	ret = kexec_locate_mem_hole(&kbuf);
 	if (!ret) {
 		*old_pbase = lowest_paddr;
 		*new_pbase = kbuf.mem;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_image.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_image.c
index 51dc89259f16..963a25f5b55b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_image.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kexec_image.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static int image_probe(const char *kernel_buf, unsigned long kernel_len)
 	const struct riscv_image_header *h = (const struct riscv_image_header *)kernel_buf;
 
 	if (!h || kernel_len < sizeof(*h))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 
 	/* According to Documentation/arch/riscv/boot-image-header.rst,
 	 * use "magic2" field to check when version >= 0.2.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int image_probe(const char *kernel_buf, unsigned long kernel_len)
 
 	if (h->version >= RISCV_HEADER_VERSION &&
 	    memcmp(&h->magic2, RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC2, sizeof(h->magic2)))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 0af8ae4fdd08..e5f1cfc11fef 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -259,21 +259,6 @@ int kexec_kernel_verify_pe_sig(const char *kernel, unsigned long kernel_len);
 extern int kexec_add_buffer(struct kexec_buf *kbuf);
 int kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kexec_buf *kbuf);
 
-#ifndef arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole
-/**
- * arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole - Find free memory to place the segments.
- * @kbuf:                       Parameters for the memory search.
- *
- * On success, kbuf->mem will have the start address of the memory region found.
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
- */
-static inline int arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kexec_buf *kbuf)
-{
-	return kexec_locate_mem_hole(kbuf);
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifndef arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add
 /*
  * arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add - apply relocations of type RELA
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 6882ad400935..691cef038d1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -5234,6 +5234,8 @@ extern const struct attribute_group memory_failure_attr_group;
 extern void memory_failure_queue(unsigned long pfn, int flags);
 void num_poisoned_pages_inc(unsigned long pfn);
 void num_poisoned_pages_sub(unsigned long pfn, long i);
+phys_addr_t range_first_hwpoison(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long size);
+phys_addr_t range_last_hwpoison(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long size);
 #else
 static inline void memory_failure_queue(unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 {
@@ -5246,6 +5248,18 @@ static inline void num_poisoned_pages_inc(unsigned long pfn)
 static inline void num_poisoned_pages_sub(unsigned long pfn, long i)
 {
 }
+
+static inline phys_addr_t range_first_hwpoison(phys_addr_t start,
+					       unsigned long size)
+{
+	return PHYS_ADDR_MAX;
+}
+
+static inline phys_addr_t range_last_hwpoison(phys_addr_t start,
+					      unsigned long size)
+{
+	return PHYS_ADDR_MAX;
+}
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE) && defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index dc770b9a6d05..7ee8c9f078f6 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -212,6 +212,16 @@ int sanity_check_segment_list(struct kimage *image)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * Reject destinations that land on hardware-poisoned memory: the
+	 * relocation copy would machine-check on the bad frame.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_segments; i++) {
+		if (range_first_hwpoison(image->segment[i].mem,
+					 image->segment[i].memsz) != PHYS_ADDR_MAX)
+			return -EHWPOISON;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * The destination addresses are searched from system RAM rather than
 	 * being allocated from the buddy allocator, so they are not guaranteed
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_elf.c b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
index 3a5c25b2adc9..89a444a00693 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_elf.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_elf.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int elf_read_ehdr(const char *buf, size_t len, struct elfhdr *ehdr)
 
 	default:
 		pr_debug("Unknown ELF class.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
 	return elf_is_ehdr_sane(ehdr, len) ? 0 : -ENOEXEC;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int elf_read_phdr(const char *buf, size_t len,
 
 	default:
 		pr_debug("Unknown ELF class.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
 	return elf_is_phdr_sane(phdr, len) ? 0 : -ENOEXEC;
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 59fb9d71e9d8..a8455481f639 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -68,17 +68,19 @@ int kexec_image_probe_default(struct kimage *image, void *buf,
 			      unsigned long buf_len)
 {
 	const struct kexec_file_ops * const *fops;
-	int ret = -ENOEXEC;
 
 	for (fops = &kexec_file_loaders[0]; *fops && (*fops)->probe; ++fops) {
-		ret = (*fops)->probe(buf, buf_len);
-		if (!ret) {
+		int err = (*fops)->probe(buf, buf_len);
+
+		if (!err) {
 			image->fops = *fops;
-			return ret;
+			return 0;
 		}
+		if (err != -ENOEXEC)
+			return err;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return -ENOEXEC;
 }
 
 static void *kexec_image_load_default(struct kimage *image)
@@ -475,6 +477,7 @@ static int locate_mem_hole_top_down(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 {
 	struct kimage *image = kbuf->image;
 	unsigned long temp_start, temp_end;
+	phys_addr_t poison;
 
 	temp_end = min(end, kbuf->buf_max);
 	temp_start = temp_end - kbuf->memsz + 1;
@@ -484,7 +487,9 @@ static int locate_mem_hole_top_down(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 		/* align down start */
 		temp_start = ALIGN_DOWN(temp_start, kbuf->buf_align);
 
-		if (temp_start < start || temp_start < kbuf->buf_min)
+		/* A candidate above the range means the walk wrapped around */
+		if (temp_start < start || temp_start < kbuf->buf_min ||
+		    temp_start > end)
 			return 0;
 
 		temp_end = temp_start + kbuf->memsz - 1;
@@ -504,6 +509,13 @@ static int locate_mem_hole_top_down(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		poison = range_first_hwpoison(temp_start, kbuf->memsz);
+		if (poison != PHYS_ADDR_MAX) {
+			/* we hit a poisoned page */
+			temp_start = poison - kbuf->memsz;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* We found a suitable memory range */
 		break;
 	} while (1);
@@ -520,6 +532,7 @@ static int locate_mem_hole_bottom_up(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 {
 	struct kimage *image = kbuf->image;
 	unsigned long temp_start, temp_end;
+	phys_addr_t poison;
 
 	temp_start = max(start, kbuf->buf_min);
 
@@ -546,6 +559,13 @@ static int locate_mem_hole_bottom_up(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		poison = range_last_hwpoison(temp_start, kbuf->memsz);
+		if (poison != PHYS_ADDR_MAX) {
+			/* we hit a poisoned page */
+			temp_start = poison + PAGE_SIZE;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* We found a suitable memory range */
 		break;
 	} while (1);
@@ -784,7 +804,7 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kexec_buf *kbuf)
 	kbuf->cma = NULL;
 
 	/* Walk the RAM ranges and allocate a suitable range for the buffer */
-	ret = arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole(kbuf);
+	ret = kexec_locate_mem_hole(kbuf);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index d237f556b3a0..57275d4dd34c 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -96,6 +96,46 @@ void num_poisoned_pages_sub(unsigned long pfn, long i)
 		memblk_nr_poison_sub(pfn, i);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return the first or the last hardware-poisoned online page in [start,
+ * start + size), or PHYS_ADDR_MAX if the range is clean.
+ */
+static phys_addr_t range_hwpoison(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long size,
+				  bool first)
+{
+	phys_addr_t poison = PHYS_ADDR_MAX;
+	unsigned long pfn, end_pfn;
+
+	if (!size || !atomic_long_read(&num_poisoned_pages))
+		return poison;
+
+	end_pfn = PHYS_PFN(start + size - 1);
+	for (pfn = PHYS_PFN(start); pfn <= end_pfn; pfn++) {
+		struct page *page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
+
+		if (page && is_page_hwpoison(page)) {
+			if (first)
+				return PFN_PHYS(pfn);
+
+			poison = PFN_PHYS(pfn);
+		}
+
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+
+	return poison;
+}
+
+phys_addr_t range_first_hwpoison(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long size)
+{
+	return range_hwpoison(start, size, true);
+}
+
+phys_addr_t range_last_hwpoison(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long size)
+{
+	return range_hwpoison(start, size, false);
+}
+
 /**
  * MF_ATTR_RO - Create sysfs entry for each memory failure statistics.
  * @_name: name of the file in the per NUMA sysfs directory.