linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] x86/efi: Don't unmap EFI boot services code/data regions for EFI_OLD_MEMMAP and EFI_MIXED

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sat, 22 Dec 2018 19:05:39 +0000
From:   "Prakhya, Sai Praneeth" <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:     "linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "Andy Lutomirski" <luto@...nel.org>,
        "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Bhupesh Sharma" <bhsharma@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/efi: Don't unmap EFI boot services code/data
 regions for EFI_OLD_MEMMAP and EFI_MIXED_MODE

> 
> * Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com> wrote:
> 
> > Commit d5052a7130a6 ("x86/efi: Unmap EFI boot services code/data
> > regions from efi_pgd") forgets to take two EFI modes into
> > consideration namely EFI_OLD_MEMMAP and EFI_MIXED_MODE.
> 
> So the commit sha1 ended up being this one in tip:efi/core:
> 
>   08cfb38f3ef4: x86/efi: Unmap EFI boot services code/data regions from
> efi_pgd

Ya.. sorry! I took the sha1 from efi tree.

> 
> > EFI_OLD_MEMMAP is a legacy way of mapping EFI regions into
> > swapper_pg_dir using ioremap() and init_memory_mapping(). This feature
> > can be enabled by passing "efi=old_map" as kernel command line
> > argument. But,
> > efi_unmap_pages() unmaps EFI boot services code/data regions *only*
> > from efi_pgd and hence cannot be used for unmapping EFI boot services
> > code/data regions from swapper_pg_dir.


[.........]


> > +	/*
> > +	 * EFI mixed mode has all RAM mapped to access arguments while
> making
> > +	 * EFI runtime calls, hence don't unmap EFI boot services code/data
> > +	 * regions.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (!efi_is_native() && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED))
> > +		return;
> 
> I suppose old_mmap and mixed mode stopped working altogether after the
> unmapping changes?

Yes.. that's true.

> What are the symptoms, instant reboots, crasher, or some
> more benign behavior like non-working runtime EFI functionality?

I noticed a kernel panic due to page fault.

AFAIK, it happens because efi_pgd is not defined for old_map and mixed mode.
Hence efi_unmap_pages() which calls __change_page_attr() unmaps mappings 
from swapper_pg_dir (please note that this my theory but I haven't checked if
this is really true).

> 
> If Ard acks this I'll apply it immediately, as these bugs look like show-stoppers for
> merging the EFI tree into v4.21.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo