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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:30:57 -0000 From: "tip-bot2 for Ard Biesheuvel" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de> To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [tip: efi/urgent] efi/libstub: arm64: Warn when efi_random_alloc() fails The following commit has been merged into the efi/urgent branch of tip: Commit-ID: ff80ef5bf5bd59e5eab82d1d846acc613ebbf6c4 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/ff80ef5bf5bd59e5eab82d1d846acc613ebbf6c4 Author: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> AuthorDate: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:24:01 +02:00 Committer: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> CommitterDate: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 07:43:07 +02:00 efi/libstub: arm64: Warn when efi_random_alloc() fails Randomization of the physical load address of the kernel image relies on efi_random_alloc() returning successfully, and currently, we ignore any failures and just carry on, using the ordinary, non-randomized page allocator routine. This means we never find out if a failure occurs, which could harm security, so let's at least warn about this condition. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> Tested-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org> --- drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c index 6f214c9..010564f 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c @@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr, */ status = efi_random_alloc(*reserve_size, min_kimg_align, reserve_addr, phys_seed); + if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) + efi_warn("efi_random_alloc() failed: 0x%lx\n", status); } else { status = EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES; }
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