linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 03/15] x86/efi: Drop alignment flags from PE section headers

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Message-ID: <20230912090051.4014114-20-ardb@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:00:54 +0000
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...gle.com>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Evgeniy Baskov <baskov@...ras.ru>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 03/15] x86/efi: Drop alignment flags from PE section headers

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>

The section header flags for alignment are documented in the PE/COFF
spec as being applicable to PE object files only, not to PE executables
such as the Linux bzImage, so let's drop them from the PE header.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/header.S | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index b04ca8e2b213..8c8148d751c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ section_table:
 	.word	0				# NumberOfLineNumbers
 	.long	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE		| \
 		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES		# Characteristics
+		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE		# Characteristics
 
 	#
 	# The EFI application loader requires a relocation section
@@ -230,8 +229,7 @@ section_table:
 	.word	0				# NumberOfLineNumbers
 	.long	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA	| \
 		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE	| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES		# Characteristics
+		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE	# Characteristics
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_MIXED
 	#
@@ -249,8 +247,7 @@ section_table:
 	.word	0				# NumberOfLineNumbers
 	.long	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA	| \
 		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE	| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES		# Characteristics
+		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE	# Characteristics
 #endif
 
 	#
@@ -271,8 +268,7 @@ section_table:
 	.word	0				# NumberOfLineNumbers
 	.long	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE		| \
 		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES		# Characteristics
+		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE		# Characteristics
 
 	.set	section_count, (. - section_table) / 40
 #endif /* CONFIG_EFI_STUB */
-- 
2.42.0.283.g2d96d420d3-goog