linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] x86/efistub: disable paging at mixed mode entry

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Date:   Tue, 24 Dec 2019 14:29:09 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] x86/efistub: disable paging at mixed mode entry

The EFI mixed mode entry code goes through the ordinary startup_32()
routine before jumping into the kernel's EFI boot code in 64-bit
mode. The 32-bit startup code must be entered with paging disabled,
but this is not documented as a requirement for the EFI handover
protocol, and so we should disable paging explicitly when entering
the kernel from 32-bit EFI firmware.

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index 58a512e33d8d..ee60b81944a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(efi32_stub_entry)
 	leal	efi32_config(%ebp), %eax
 	movl	%eax, efi_config(%ebp)
 
+	/* Disable paging */
+	movl	%cr0, %eax
+	btrl	$X86_CR0_PG_BIT, %eax
+	movl	%eax, %cr0
+
 	jmp	startup_32
 SYM_FUNC_END(efi32_stub_entry)
 #endif
-- 
2.20.1