linux-kernel - [tip: x86/core] x86/boot: Allow a "silent" kaslr random byte fetch

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Date:   Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:29:34 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Kees Cook" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/core] x86/boot: Allow a "silent" kaslr random byte fetch

The following commit has been merged into the x86/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     0d054d4e82072bcfd5eb961536b09a9b3f5613fb
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/0d054d4e82072bcfd5eb961536b09a9b3f5613fb
Author:        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:57:40 -07:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:07:58 +02:00

x86/boot: Allow a "silent" kaslr random byte fetch

Under earlyprintk, each RNG call produces a debug report line. To support
the future FGKASLR feature, which will fetch random bytes during function
shuffling, this is not useful information (each line is identical and
tells us nothing new), needlessly spamming the console. Instead, allow
for a NULL "purpose" to suppress the debug reporting.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211013175742.1197608-3-keescook@chromium.org
---
 arch/x86/lib/kaslr.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/lib/kaslr.c
index a536651..2b3eb8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/kaslr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/kaslr.c
@@ -56,11 +56,14 @@ unsigned long kaslr_get_random_long(const char *purpose)
 	unsigned long raw, random = get_boot_seed();
 	bool use_i8254 = true;
 
-	debug_putstr(purpose);
-	debug_putstr(" KASLR using");
+	if (purpose) {
+		debug_putstr(purpose);
+		debug_putstr(" KASLR using");
+	}
 
 	if (has_cpuflag(X86_FEATURE_RDRAND)) {
-		debug_putstr(" RDRAND");
+		if (purpose)
+			debug_putstr(" RDRAND");
 		if (rdrand_long(&raw)) {
 			random ^= raw;
 			use_i8254 = false;
@@ -68,7 +71,8 @@ unsigned long kaslr_get_random_long(const char *purpose)
 	}
 
 	if (has_cpuflag(X86_FEATURE_TSC)) {
-		debug_putstr(" RDTSC");
+		if (purpose)
+			debug_putstr(" RDTSC");
 		raw = rdtsc();
 
 		random ^= raw;
@@ -76,7 +80,8 @@ unsigned long kaslr_get_random_long(const char *purpose)
 	}
 
 	if (use_i8254) {
-		debug_putstr(" i8254");
+		if (purpose)
+			debug_putstr(" i8254");
 		random ^= i8254();
 	}
 
@@ -86,7 +91,8 @@ unsigned long kaslr_get_random_long(const char *purpose)
 	    : "a" (random), "rm" (mix_const));
 	random += raw;
 
-	debug_putstr("...\n");
+	if (purpose)
+		debug_putstr("...\n");
 
 	return random;
 }