[PATCH 09/14] arm64: kexec_file: add sha256 digest check in purgatory
AKASHI Takahiro
takahiro.akashi at linaro.org
Thu Sep 7 19:50:45 PDT 2017
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:41:33AM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:21:06AM +0900, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 06:04:40PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 05:18:06PM +0900, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> > > > Most of sha256 code is based on crypto/sha256-glue.c, particularly using
> > > > non-neon version.
> > > >
> > > > Please note that we won't be able to re-use lib/mem*.S for purgatory
> > > > because unaligned memory access is not allowed in purgatory where mmu
> > > > is turned off.
> > > >
> > > > Since purgatory is not linked with the other part of kernel, care must be
> > > > taken of selecting an appropriate set of compiler options in order to
> > > > prevent undefined symbol references from being generated.
> > >
> > > What is the point in performing this check in the purgatory code, when
> > > this will presumably have been checked when the image is loaded?
> >
> > Well, this is what x86 does :)
> > On powerpc, meanwhile, they don't have this check.
> >
> > Maybe to avoid booting corrupted kernel after loading?
> > (loaded data are now protected by making them unmapped, though.)
>
> I'd really prefer to avoid this, since it seems to be what necessitates
> all the complexity for executing C code (linking and all), and it's
> going to be very slow to execute with the MMU off.
>
> If you can deliberately corrupt the next kernel, you could also have
> corrupted the purgatory to skip the check.
>
> Unless we have a strong reason to want the hash check, I think it should
> be dropped.
As I said, I will drop the code in v2 :)
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/purgatory/entry.S b/arch/arm64/purgatory/entry.S
> > > > index bc4e6b3bf8a1..74d028b838bd 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/purgatory/entry.S
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/purgatory/entry.S
> > > > @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
> > > > .text
> > > >
> > > > ENTRY(purgatory_start)
> > > > + adr x19, .Lstack
> > > > + mov sp, x19
> > > > +
> > > > + bl purgatory
> > > > +
> > > > /* Start new image. */
> > > > ldr x17, arm64_kernel_entry
> > > > ldr x0, arm64_dtb_addr
> > > > @@ -15,6 +20,14 @@ ENTRY(purgatory_start)
> > > > br x17
> > > > END(purgatory_start)
> > > >
> > > > +.ltorg
> > > > +
> > > > +.align 4
> > > > + .rept 256
> > > > + .quad 0
> > > > + .endr
> > > > +.Lstack:
> > > > +
> > > > .data
> > >
> > > Why is the stack in .text?
> >
> > to call verify_sha256_digest() from asm
>
> Won't that also work if the stack is in .data? or .bss?
>
> ... or is there a particular need for it to be in .text?
>
> > > Does this need to be zeroed?
> >
> > No :)
>
> Ok, so we can probably do:
>
> .data
> .align 4
> . += PURGATORY_STACK_SIZE
> .Lstack_ptr:
>
> ... assuming we need to run C code.
>
> [...]
>
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/purgatory/sha256.c b/arch/arm64/purgatory/sha256.c
> > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > index 000000000000..5d20d81767e3
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/purgatory/sha256.c
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
> > > > +#include <linux/kexec.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/purgatory.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/types.h>
> > > > +
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Under KASAN, those are defined as un-instrumented version, __memxxx()
> > > > + */
> > > > +#undef memcmp
> > > > +#undef memcpy
> > > > +#undef memset
> > >
> > > This doesn't look like the right place for this undeffery; it looks
> > > rather fragile.
> >
> > Yeah, I agree, but if not there, __memxxx() are used.
>
> Ok, but we'll have to add this to every C file used in the purgatory
> code, or at the start of any header that uses a memxxx() function, or it
> might still be overridden to use __memxxx(), before the undef takes
> effect.
>
> Can we define __memxxx() instead?
>
> [...]
>
> > > > +void *memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
> > > > +{
> > > > + int i;
> > > > +
> > > > + for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
> > > > + ((u8 *)dst)[i] = ((u8 *)src)[i];
> > > > +
> > > > + return NULL;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +void *memset(void *dst, int c, size_t len)
> > > > +{
> > > > + int i;
> > > > +
> > > > + for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
> > > > + ((u8 *)dst)[i] = (u8)c;
> > > > +
> > > > + return NULL;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +int memcmp(const void *src, const void *dst, size_t len)
> > > > +{
> > > > + int i;
> > > > +
> > > > + for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
> > > > + if (*(char *)src != *(char *)dst)
> > > > + return 1;
> > > > +
> > > > + return 0;
> > > > +}
> > >
> > > How is the compiler prevented from "optimising" these into calls to
> > > themselves?
> >
> > I don't get what you mean by "calls to themselves."
>
> There are compiler optimizations that recognise sequences like:
>
> for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
> dst[i] = src[i];
>
> ... and turn those into:
>
> memcpy(dst, src, len);
>
> ... these have been known to "optimize" memcpy implementations into
> calls to themselves. Likewise for other string operations.
>
> One way we avoid that today is by writing our memcpy in assembly.
I see, thanks.
> Do we have a guarnatee that this will not happen here? e.g. do we pass
> some compiler flag that prevents this?
I don't know any options to do this.
(maybe -nostdlib?)
-Takahiro AKASHI
> Thanks,
> Mark.
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