linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/3] bootconfig: Check the checksum before removing the bootconfig from initrd

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Message-Id: <164724891101.731226.10764834379284738438.stgit@devnote2>
Date:   Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:08:31 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Padmanabha Srinivasaiah <treasure4paddy@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] bootconfig: Check the checksum before removing the bootconfig from initrd

Check the bootconfig's checksum before removing the bootcinfig data
from initrd to avoid modifying initrd by mistake.
This will also simplifies the get_boot_config_from_initrd() interface.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 init/main.c |   22 ++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 65fa2e41a9c0..421050be5039 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static int __init loglevel(char *str)
 early_param("loglevel", loglevel);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-static void * __init get_boot_config_from_initrd(u32 *_size, u32 *_csum)
+static void * __init get_boot_config_from_initrd(u32 *_size)
 {
 	u32 size, csum;
 	char *data;
@@ -299,17 +299,20 @@ static void * __init get_boot_config_from_initrd(u32 *_size, u32 *_csum)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (xbc_calc_checksum(data, size) != csum) {
+		pr_err("bootconfig checksum failed\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	/* Remove bootconfig from initramfs/initrd */
 	initrd_end = (unsigned long)data;
 	if (_size)
 		*_size = size;
-	if (_csum)
-		*_csum = csum;
 
 	return data;
 }
 #else
-static void * __init get_boot_config_from_initrd(u32 *_size, u32 *_csum)
+static void * __init get_boot_config_from_initrd(u32 *_size)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -408,12 +411,12 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
 	static char tmp_cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
 	const char *msg;
 	int pos;
-	u32 size, csum;
+	u32 size;
 	char *data, *err;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Cut out the bootconfig data even if we have no bootconfig option */
-	data = get_boot_config_from_initrd(&size, &csum);
+	data = get_boot_config_from_initrd(&size);
 
 	strlcpy(tmp_cmdline, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	err = parse_args("bootconfig", tmp_cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
@@ -437,11 +440,6 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (xbc_calc_checksum(data, size) != csum) {
-		pr_err("bootconfig checksum failed\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
 	ret = xbc_init(data, size, &msg, &pos);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		if (pos < 0)
@@ -470,7 +468,7 @@ static void __init exit_boot_config(void)
 static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
 {
 	/* Remove bootconfig data from initrd */
-	get_boot_config_from_initrd(NULL, NULL);
+	get_boot_config_from_initrd(NULL);
 }
 
 static int __init warn_bootconfig(char *str)