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Message-ID: <CA+icZUWOkZOx+OcEP0bW1u6yjCHsci1CpzNYpDOOHS4bwPz7Fw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:20:51 +0200
From:   Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Golovin <dima@...ovin.in>,
        Clang-Built-Linux ML <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "H . J . Lu" <hjl@...rceware.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] x86/boot: Remove run-time relocations from
 .head.text code

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 4:09 PM Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> The assembly code in head_{32,64}.S, while meant to be
> position-independent, generates run-time relocations because it uses
> instructions such as
>         leal    gdt(%edx), %eax
> which make the assembler and linker think that the code is using %edx as
> an index into gdt, and hence gdt needs to be relocated to its run-time
> address.
>
> On 32-bit, with lld Dmitry Golovin reports that this results in a
> link-time error with default options (i.e. unless -z notext is
> explicitly passed):
>   LD      arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
> ld.lld: error: can't create dynamic relocation R_386_32 against local
> symbol in readonly segment; recompile object files with -fPIC or pass
> '-Wl,-z,notext' to allow text relocations in the output
>
> With the BFD linker, this generates a warning during the build, if
> --warn-shared-textrel is enabled, which at least Gentoo enables by
> default:
>   LD      arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
> ld: arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.o: warning: relocation in read-only section `.head.text'
> ld: warning: creating a DT_TEXTREL in object
>
> On 64-bit, it is not possible to link the kernel as -pie with lld, and
> it is only possible with a BFD linker that supports -z noreloc-overflow,
> i.e. versions >2.26. This is because these instructions cannot really be
> relocated: the displacement field is only 32-bits wide, and thus cannot
> be relocated for a 64-bit load address. The -z noreloc-overflow option
> simply overrides the linker error, and results in R_X86_64_RELATIVE
> relocations that apply a 64-bit relocation to a 32-bit field anyway.
> This happens to work because nothing will process these run-time
> relocations.
>
> Start fixing this by removing relocations from .head.text:
> - On 32-bit, use a base register that holds the address of the GOT and
>   reference symbol addresses using @GOTOFF, i.e.
>         leal    gdt@...OFF(%edx), %eax
> - On 64-bit, most of the code can (and already does) use %rip-relative
>   addressing, however the .code32 bits can't, and the 64-bit code also
>   needs to reference symbol addresses as they will be after moving the
>   compressed kernel to the end of the decompression buffer.
>   For these cases, reference the symbols as an offset to startup_32 to
>   avoid creating relocations, i.e.
>         leal    (gdt-startup_32)(%bp), %eax
>   This only works in .head.text as the subtraction cannot be represented
>   as a PC-relative relocation unless startup_32 is in the same section
>   as the code. Move efi32_pe_entry into .head.text so that it can use
>   the same method to avoid relocations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>

Just a small nit:
You use "runtime" in another patch's patch subject-line, here "run-time"?

- Sedat -

> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S |  64 +++++++-----------
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 104 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
> index 39f0bb43218f..8c1a4f5610f5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
> @@ -33,26 +33,10 @@
>  #include <asm/bootparam.h>
>
>  /*
> - * The 32-bit x86 assembler in binutils 2.26 will generate R_386_GOT32X
> - * relocation to get the symbol address in PIC.  When the compressed x86
> - * kernel isn't built as PIC, the linker optimizes R_386_GOT32X
> - * relocations to their fixed symbol addresses.  However, when the
> - * compressed x86 kernel is loaded at a different address, it leads
> - * to the following load failure:
> - *
> - *   Failed to allocate space for phdrs
> - *
> - * during the decompression stage.
> - *
> - * If the compressed x86 kernel is relocatable at run-time, it should be
> - * compiled with -fPIE, instead of -fPIC, if possible and should be built as
> - * Position Independent Executable (PIE) so that linker won't optimize
> - * R_386_GOT32X relocation to its fixed symbol address.  Older
> - * linkers generate R_386_32 relocations against locally defined symbols,
> - * _bss, _ebss and _end, in PIE.  It isn't wrong, just less optimal than
> - * R_386_RELATIVE.  But the x86 kernel fails to properly handle R_386_32
> - * relocations when relocating the kernel.  To generate R_386_RELATIVE
> - * relocations, we mark _bss, _ebss and _end as hidden:
> + * These symbols needed to be marked as .hidden to prevent the BFD linker from
> + * generating R_386_32 (rather than R_386_RELATIVE) relocations for them when
> + * the 32-bit compressed kernel is linked as PIE. This is no longer necessary,
> + * but it doesn't hurt to keep them .hidden.
>   */
>         .hidden _bss
>         .hidden _ebss
> @@ -74,10 +58,10 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>         leal    (BP_scratch+4)(%esi), %esp
>         call    1f
>  1:     popl    %edx
> -       subl    $1b, %edx
> +       addl    $_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_+(.-1b), %edx
>
>         /* Load new GDT */
> -       leal    gdt(%edx), %eax
> +       leal    gdt@...OFF(%edx), %eax
>         movl    %eax, 2(%eax)
>         lgdt    (%eax)
>
> @@ -90,14 +74,16 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>         movl    %eax, %ss
>
>  /*
> - * %edx contains the address we are loaded at by the boot loader and %ebx
> - * contains the address where we should move the kernel image temporarily
> - * for safe in-place decompression. %ebp contains the address that the kernel
> - * will be decompressed to.
> + * %edx contains the address we are loaded at by the boot loader (plus the
> + * offset to the GOT).  The below code calculates %ebx to be the address where
> + * we should move the kernel image temporarily for safe in-place decompression
> + * (again, plus the offset to the GOT).
> + *
> + * %ebp is calculated to be the address that the kernel will be decompressed to.
>   */
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
> -       movl    %edx, %ebx
> +       leal    startup_32@...OFF(%edx), %ebx
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB
>  /*
> @@ -108,7 +94,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>   *     image_offset = startup_32 - image_base
>   * Otherwise image_offset will be zero and has no effect on the calculations.
>   */
> -       subl    image_offset(%edx), %ebx
> +       subl    image_offset@...OFF(%edx), %ebx
>  #endif
>
>         movl    BP_kernel_alignment(%esi), %eax
> @@ -125,10 +111,10 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>         movl    %ebx, %ebp      // Save the output address for later
>         /* Target address to relocate to for decompression */
>         addl    BP_init_size(%esi), %ebx
> -       subl    $_end, %ebx
> +       subl    $_end@...OFF, %ebx
>
>         /* Set up the stack */
> -       leal    boot_stack_end(%ebx), %esp
> +       leal    boot_stack_end@...OFF(%ebx), %esp
>
>         /* Zero EFLAGS */
>         pushl   $0
> @@ -139,8 +125,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>   * where decompression in place becomes safe.
>   */
>         pushl   %esi
> -       leal    (_bss-4)(%edx), %esi
> -       leal    (_bss-4)(%ebx), %edi
> +       leal    (_bss@...OFF-4)(%edx), %esi
> +       leal    (_bss@...OFF-4)(%ebx), %edi
>         movl    $(_bss - startup_32), %ecx
>         shrl    $2, %ecx
>         std
> @@ -153,14 +139,14 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>          * during extract_kernel below. To avoid any issues, repoint the GDTR
>          * to the new copy of the GDT.
>          */
> -       leal    gdt(%ebx), %eax
> +       leal    gdt@...OFF(%ebx), %eax
>         movl    %eax, 2(%eax)
>         lgdt    (%eax)
>
>  /*
>   * Jump to the relocated address.
>   */
> -       leal    .Lrelocated(%ebx), %eax
> +       leal    .Lrelocated@...OFF(%ebx), %eax
>         jmp     *%eax
>  SYM_FUNC_END(startup_32)
>
> @@ -170,7 +156,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(efi_stub_entry)
>         add     $0x4, %esp
>         movl    8(%esp), %esi   /* save boot_params pointer */
>         call    efi_main
> -       leal    startup_32(%eax), %eax
> +       /* efi_main returns the possibly relocated address of startup_32 */
>         jmp     *%eax
>  SYM_FUNC_END(efi32_stub_entry)
>  SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS(efi_stub_entry)
> @@ -183,8 +169,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lrelocated)
>   * Clear BSS (stack is currently empty)
>   */
>         xorl    %eax, %eax
> -       leal    _bss(%ebx), %edi
> -       leal    _ebss(%ebx), %ecx
> +       leal    _bss@...OFF(%ebx), %edi
> +       leal    _ebss@...OFF(%ebx), %ecx
>         subl    %edi, %ecx
>         shrl    $2, %ecx
>         rep     stosl
> @@ -198,9 +184,9 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lrelocated)
>         pushl   %ebp            /* output address */
>
>         pushl   $z_input_len    /* input_len */
> -       leal    input_data(%ebx), %eax
> +       leal    input_data@...OFF(%ebx), %eax
>         pushl   %eax            /* input_data */
> -       leal    boot_heap(%ebx), %eax
> +       leal    boot_heap@...OFF(%ebx), %eax
>         pushl   %eax            /* heap area */
>         pushl   %esi            /* real mode pointer */
>         call    extract_kernel  /* returns kernel location in %eax */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> index bf1ab30acc5b..11429092c224 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> @@ -43,6 +43,32 @@
>         .hidden _end
>
>         __HEAD
> +
> +/*
> + * This macro gives the relative virtual address of X, i.e. the offset of X
> + * from startup_32. This is the same as the link-time virtual address of X,
> + * since startup_32 is at 0, but defining it this way tells the
> + * assembler/linker that we do not want the actual run-time address of X. This
> + * prevents the linker from trying to create unwanted run-time relocation
> + * entries for the reference when the compressed kernel is linked as PIE.
> + *
> + * A reference X(%reg) will result in the link-time VA of X being stored with
> + * the instruction, and a run-time R_X86_64_RELATIVE relocation entry that
> + * adds the 64-bit base address where the kernel is loaded.
> + *
> + * Replacing it with (X-startup_32)(%reg) results in the offset being stored,
> + * and no run-time relocation.
> + *
> + * The macro should be used as a displacement with a base register containing
> + * the run-time address of startup_32 [i.e. rva(X)(%reg)], or as an immediate
> + * [$ rva(X)].
> + *
> + * This macro can only be used from within the .head.text section, since the
> + * expression requires startup_32 to be in the same section as the code being
> + * assembled.
> + */
> +#define rva(X) ((X) - startup_32)
> +
>         .code32
>  SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>         /*
> @@ -65,10 +91,10 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>         leal    (BP_scratch+4)(%esi), %esp
>         call    1f
>  1:     popl    %ebp
> -       subl    $1b, %ebp
> +       subl    $ rva(1b), %ebp
>
>         /* Load new GDT with the 64bit segments using 32bit descriptor */
> -       leal    gdt(%ebp), %eax
> +       leal    rva(gdt)(%ebp), %eax
>         movl    %eax, 2(%eax)
>         lgdt    (%eax)
>
> @@ -81,7 +107,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>         movl    %eax, %ss
>
>  /* setup a stack and make sure cpu supports long mode. */
> -       leal    boot_stack_end(%ebp), %esp
> +       leal    rva(boot_stack_end)(%ebp), %esp
>
>         call    verify_cpu
>         testl   %eax, %eax
> @@ -108,7 +134,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>   *     image_offset = startup_32 - image_base
>   * Otherwise image_offset will be zero and has no effect on the calculations.
>   */
> -       subl    image_offset(%ebp), %ebx
> +       subl    rva(image_offset)(%ebp), %ebx
>  #endif
>
>         movl    BP_kernel_alignment(%esi), %eax
> @@ -124,7 +150,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>
>         /* Target address to relocate to for decompression */
>         addl    BP_init_size(%esi), %ebx
> -       subl    $_end, %ebx
> +       subl    $ rva(_end), %ebx
>
>  /*
>   * Prepare for entering 64 bit mode
> @@ -152,19 +178,19 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>  1:
>
>         /* Initialize Page tables to 0 */
> -       leal    pgtable(%ebx), %edi
> +       leal    rva(pgtable)(%ebx), %edi
>         xorl    %eax, %eax
>         movl    $(BOOT_INIT_PGT_SIZE/4), %ecx
>         rep     stosl
>
>         /* Build Level 4 */
> -       leal    pgtable + 0(%ebx), %edi
> +       leal    rva(pgtable + 0)(%ebx), %edi
>         leal    0x1007 (%edi), %eax
>         movl    %eax, 0(%edi)
>         addl    %edx, 4(%edi)
>
>         /* Build Level 3 */
> -       leal    pgtable + 0x1000(%ebx), %edi
> +       leal    rva(pgtable + 0x1000)(%ebx), %edi
>         leal    0x1007(%edi), %eax
>         movl    $4, %ecx
>  1:     movl    %eax, 0x00(%edi)
> @@ -175,7 +201,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>         jnz     1b
>
>         /* Build Level 2 */
> -       leal    pgtable + 0x2000(%ebx), %edi
> +       leal    rva(pgtable + 0x2000)(%ebx), %edi
>         movl    $0x00000183, %eax
>         movl    $2048, %ecx
>  1:     movl    %eax, 0(%edi)
> @@ -186,7 +212,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>         jnz     1b
>
>         /* Enable the boot page tables */
> -       leal    pgtable(%ebx), %eax
> +       leal    rva(pgtable)(%ebx), %eax
>         movl    %eax, %cr3
>
>         /* Enable Long mode in EFER (Extended Feature Enable Register) */
> @@ -211,14 +237,14 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>          * We place all of the values on our mini stack so lret can
>          * used to perform that far jump.
>          */
> -       leal    startup_64(%ebp), %eax
> +       leal    rva(startup_64)(%ebp), %eax
>  #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_MIXED
> -       movl    efi32_boot_args(%ebp), %edi
> +       movl    rva(efi32_boot_args)(%ebp), %edi
>         cmp     $0, %edi
>         jz      1f
> -       leal    efi64_stub_entry(%ebp), %eax
> -       movl    efi32_boot_args+4(%ebp), %esi
> -       movl    efi32_boot_args+8(%ebp), %edx   // saved bootparams pointer
> +       leal    rva(efi64_stub_entry)(%ebp), %eax
> +       movl    rva(efi32_boot_args+4)(%ebp), %esi
> +       movl    rva(efi32_boot_args+8)(%ebp), %edx      // saved bootparams pointer
>         cmpl    $0, %edx
>         jnz     1f
>         /*
> @@ -229,7 +255,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>          * the correct stack alignment for entry.
>          */
>         subl    $40, %esp
> -       leal    efi_pe_entry(%ebp), %eax
> +       leal    rva(efi_pe_entry)(%ebp), %eax
>         movl    %edi, %ecx                      // MS calling convention
>         movl    %esi, %edx
>  1:
> @@ -255,18 +281,18 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(efi32_stub_entry)
>
>         call    1f
>  1:     pop     %ebp
> -       subl    $1b, %ebp
> +       subl    $ rva(1b), %ebp
>
> -       movl    %esi, efi32_boot_args+8(%ebp)
> +       movl    %esi, rva(efi32_boot_args+8)(%ebp)
>  SYM_INNER_LABEL(efi32_pe_stub_entry, SYM_L_LOCAL)
> -       movl    %ecx, efi32_boot_args(%ebp)
> -       movl    %edx, efi32_boot_args+4(%ebp)
> -       movb    $0, efi_is64(%ebp)
> +       movl    %ecx, rva(efi32_boot_args)(%ebp)
> +       movl    %edx, rva(efi32_boot_args+4)(%ebp)
> +       movb    $0, rva(efi_is64)(%ebp)
>
>         /* Save firmware GDTR and code/data selectors */
> -       sgdtl   efi32_boot_gdt(%ebp)
> -       movw    %cs, efi32_boot_cs(%ebp)
> -       movw    %ds, efi32_boot_ds(%ebp)
> +       sgdtl   rva(efi32_boot_gdt)(%ebp)
> +       movw    %cs, rva(efi32_boot_cs)(%ebp)
> +       movw    %ds, rva(efi32_boot_ds)(%ebp)
>
>         /* Disable paging */
>         movl    %cr0, %eax
> @@ -345,11 +371,11 @@ SYM_CODE_START(startup_64)
>
>         /* Target address to relocate to for decompression */
>         movl    BP_init_size(%rsi), %ebx
> -       subl    $_end, %ebx
> +       subl    $ rva(_end), %ebx
>         addq    %rbp, %rbx
>
>         /* Set up the stack */
> -       leaq    boot_stack_end(%rbx), %rsp
> +       leaq    rva(boot_stack_end)(%rbx), %rsp
>
>         /*
>          * At this point we are in long mode with 4-level paging enabled,
> @@ -423,7 +449,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START(startup_64)
>         lretq
>  trampoline_return:
>         /* Restore the stack, the 32-bit trampoline uses its own stack */
> -       leaq    boot_stack_end(%rbx), %rsp
> +       leaq    rva(boot_stack_end)(%rbx), %rsp
>
>         /*
>          * cleanup_trampoline() would restore trampoline memory.
> @@ -435,7 +461,7 @@ trampoline_return:
>          * this function call.
>          */
>         pushq   %rsi
> -       leaq    top_pgtable(%rbx), %rdi
> +       leaq    rva(top_pgtable)(%rbx), %rdi
>         call    cleanup_trampoline
>         popq    %rsi
>
> @@ -449,9 +475,9 @@ trampoline_return:
>   */
>         pushq   %rsi
>         leaq    (_bss-8)(%rip), %rsi
> -       leaq    (_bss-8)(%rbx), %rdi
> -       movq    $_bss /* - $startup_32 */, %rcx
> -       shrq    $3, %rcx
> +       leaq    rva(_bss-8)(%rbx), %rdi
> +       movl    $(_bss - startup_32), %ecx
> +       shrl    $3, %ecx
>         std
>         rep     movsq
>         cld
> @@ -462,15 +488,15 @@ trampoline_return:
>          * during extract_kernel below. To avoid any issues, repoint the GDTR
>          * to the new copy of the GDT.
>          */
> -       leaq    gdt64(%rbx), %rax
> -       leaq    gdt(%rbx), %rdx
> +       leaq    rva(gdt64)(%rbx), %rax
> +       leaq    rva(gdt)(%rbx), %rdx
>         movq    %rdx, 2(%rax)
>         lgdt    (%rax)
>
>  /*
>   * Jump to the relocated address.
>   */
> -       leaq    .Lrelocated(%rbx), %rax
> +       leaq    rva(.Lrelocated)(%rbx), %rax
>         jmp     *%rax
>  SYM_CODE_END(startup_64)
>
> @@ -482,7 +508,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(efi_stub_entry)
>         movq    %rdx, %rbx                      /* save boot_params pointer */
>         call    efi_main
>         movq    %rbx,%rsi
> -       leaq    startup_64(%rax), %rax
> +       leaq    rva(startup_64)(%rax), %rax
>         jmp     *%rax
>  SYM_FUNC_END(efi64_stub_entry)
>  SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS(efi_stub_entry)
> @@ -645,7 +671,7 @@ SYM_DATA(efi_is64, .byte 1)
>  #define BS32_handle_protocol   88 // offsetof(efi_boot_services_32_t, handle_protocol)
>  #define LI32_image_base                32 // offsetof(efi_loaded_image_32_t, image_base)
>
> -       .text
> +       __HEAD
>         .code32
>  SYM_FUNC_START(efi32_pe_entry)
>  /*
> @@ -667,12 +693,12 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(efi32_pe_entry)
>
>         call    1f
>  1:     pop     %ebx
> -       subl    $1b, %ebx
> +       subl    $ rva(1b), %ebx
>
>         /* Get the loaded image protocol pointer from the image handle */
>         leal    -4(%ebp), %eax
>         pushl   %eax                            // &loaded_image
> -       leal    loaded_image_proto(%ebx), %eax
> +       leal    rva(loaded_image_proto)(%ebx), %eax
>         pushl   %eax                            // pass the GUID address
>         pushl   8(%ebp)                         // pass the image handle
>
> @@ -707,7 +733,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(efi32_pe_entry)
>          * use it before we get to the 64-bit efi_pe_entry() in C code.
>          */
>         subl    %esi, %ebx
> -       movl    %ebx, image_offset(%ebp)        // save image_offset
> +       movl    %ebx, rva(image_offset)(%ebp)   // save image_offset
>         jmp     efi32_pe_stub_entry
>
>  2:     popl    %edi                            // restore callee-save registers
> --
> 2.26.2
>

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