[PATCH v11 3/9] kexec: define functions to map and unmap segments

[steven chen]

On 4/7/2025 8:10 PM, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 04/02/25 at 05:47am, steven chen wrote:
>> Currently, the kernel behavior during kexec load is to fetch the IMA
>> measurements logs and store logs in kernel memory. When a kexec reboot is
>> triggered, these stored logs in the kernel memory are carried over to the
>> second kernel. However, the time gap between kexec load and kexec reboot
>> can be very long. During this time window, new events extended into TPM
>> PCRs miss the chance to be carried over to the second kernel. This results
>> in a mismatch between TPM PCR quotes and the actual IMA measurements list
>> after kexec reboot, leading to remote attestation failure.
>>
>> To solve this problem, the new design defers reading the IMA measurements
>> logs into the kexec buffer to the kexec reboot phase, while still allocating
>> the necessary buffer at kexec load time because it is not appropriate to
>> allocate memory at the kexec reboot moment.
>>
>> The content of memory segments carried over to the new kernel during the
>> kexec system call can be changed at the kexec 'execute' stage, but the size
>> of the memory segments cannot be changed at the kexec 'execute' stage.
>>
>> To copy IMA measurement logs during the kexec operation, IMA allocates
>> memory at the kexec 'load' stage and map the segments to the kimage
>> structure. The mapped address will then be used to copy IMA measurements
>> during the kexec 'execute' stage.
>>
>> Currently, the mechanism to map and unmap segments to the kimage structure
>> is not available to subsystems outside of kexec.
> There's no need to describe the plan of the whole series. From my point
> of view, the first few patches are prepared for later change. We can
> just mention this, and briefly tell what it's doing if it's complicated.
> For log of this patch, I would go with:
>
> ====
> Implement kimage_map_segment() to enable IMA to map the measurement log
> list to the kimage structure during the kexec 'load' stage. This function
> gathers the source pages within the specified address range, and maps them
> to a contiguous virtual address range.
>
> This is a preparation for later usage.
> ====
>
> Other than this, the code change looks good to me.

Hi Baoquan,

Thanks for your comments. Will update in next version.

Steven

>> Implement kimage_map_segment() to enable IMA to map the measurement log
>> list to the kimage structure during the kexec 'load' stage. This function
>> takes a kimage pointer, a memory address, and a size, then gathers the
>> source pages within the specified address range, creates an array of page
>> pointers, and maps these to a contiguous virtual address range. The
>> function returns the start virtual address of this range if successful,
>> or NULL on failure.
>>
>> Implement kimage_unmap_segment() for unmapping segments using vunmap().
>>
>> From: Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu at linux.microsoft.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu at linux.microsoft.com>
>> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com>
>> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe at redhat.com>
>> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal at redhat.com>
>> Cc: Dave Young <dyoung at redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: steven chen <chenste at linux.microsoft.com>
>> Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   include/linux/kexec.h |  6 +++++
>>   kernel/kexec_core.c   | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
>> index f0e9f8eda7a3..7d6b12f8b8d0 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
>> @@ -467,13 +467,19 @@ extern bool kexec_file_dbg_print;
>>   #define kexec_dprintk(fmt, arg...) \
>>           do { if (kexec_file_dbg_print) pr_info(fmt, ##arg); } while (0)
>>   
>> +extern void *kimage_map_segment(struct kimage *image, unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
>> +extern void kimage_unmap_segment(void *buffer);
>>   #else /* !CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
>>   struct pt_regs;
>>   struct task_struct;
>> +struct kimage;
>>   static inline void __crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
>>   static inline void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
>>   static inline int kexec_should_crash(struct task_struct *p) { return 0; }
>>   static inline int kexec_crash_loaded(void) { return 0; }
>> +static inline void *kimage_map_segment(struct kimage *image, unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
>> +{ return NULL; }
>> +static inline void kimage_unmap_segment(void *buffer) { }
>>   #define kexec_in_progress false
>>   #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
>>   
>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> index c0bdc1686154..a5e378e1dc7f 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> @@ -867,6 +867,60 @@ int kimage_load_segment(struct kimage *image,
>>   	return result;
>>   }
>>   
>> +void *kimage_map_segment(struct kimage *image,
>> +			 unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long src_page_addr, dest_page_addr = 0;
>> +	unsigned long eaddr = addr + size;
>> +	kimage_entry_t *ptr, entry;
>> +	struct page **src_pages;
>> +	unsigned int npages;
>> +	void *vaddr = NULL;
>> +	int i;
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Collect the source pages and map them in a contiguous VA range.
>> +	 */
>> +	npages = PFN_UP(eaddr) - PFN_DOWN(addr);
>> +	src_pages = kmalloc_array(npages, sizeof(*src_pages), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!src_pages) {
>> +		pr_err("Could not allocate ima pages array.\n");
>> +		return NULL;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	i = 0;
>> +	for_each_kimage_entry(image, ptr, entry) {
>> +		if (entry & IND_DESTINATION) {
>> +			dest_page_addr = entry & PAGE_MASK;
>> +		} else if (entry & IND_SOURCE) {
>> +			if (dest_page_addr >= addr && dest_page_addr < eaddr) {
>> +				src_page_addr = entry & PAGE_MASK;
>> +				src_pages[i++] =
>> +					virt_to_page(__va(src_page_addr));
>> +				if (i == npages)
>> +					break;
>> +				dest_page_addr += PAGE_SIZE;
>> +			}
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* Sanity check. */
>> +	WARN_ON(i < npages);
>> +
>> +	vaddr = vmap(src_pages, npages, VM_MAP, PAGE_KERNEL);
>> +	kfree(src_pages);
>> +
>> +	if (!vaddr)
>> +		pr_err("Could not map ima buffer.\n");
>> +
>> +	return vaddr;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void kimage_unmap_segment(void *segment_buffer)
>> +{
>> +	vunmap(segment_buffer);
>> +}
>> +
>>   struct kexec_load_limit {
>>   	/* Mutex protects the limit count. */
>>   	struct mutex mutex;
>> -- 
>> 2.25.1
>>