[PATCH v3 29/30] efi/arm64: libstub: run image in place if randomized by the loader

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Mon Apr 11 02:48:23 PDT 2022


If the loader has already placed the EFI kernel image randomly in
physical memory, and indicates having done so by installing the 'fixed
placement' protocol onto the image handle, don't bother randomizing the
placement again in the EFI stub.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c | 12 +++++++++---
 include/linux/efi.h                       | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
index 00c91a3807ea..577173ee1f83 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
@@ -101,7 +101,15 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr,
 	u64 min_kimg_align = efi_nokaslr ? MIN_KIMG_ALIGN : EFI_KIMG_ALIGN;
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE)) {
-		if (!efi_nokaslr) {
+		efi_guid_t li_fixed_proto = LINUX_EFI_LOADED_IMAGE_FIXED_GUID;
+		void *p;
+
+		if (efi_nokaslr) {
+			efi_info("KASLR disabled on kernel command line\n");
+		} else if (efi_bs_call(handle_protocol, image_handle,
+				       &li_fixed_proto, &p) == EFI_SUCCESS) {
+			efi_info("Image placement fixed by loader\n");
+		} else {
 			status = efi_get_random_bytes(sizeof(phys_seed),
 						      (u8 *)&phys_seed);
 			if (status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {
@@ -112,8 +120,6 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr,
 					status);
 				efi_nokaslr = true;
 			}
-		} else {
-			efi_info("KASLR disabled on kernel command line\n");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index ccd4d3f91c98..d7567006e151 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -406,6 +406,17 @@ void efi_native_runtime_setup(void);
 #define LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x5568e427, 0x68fc, 0x4f3d,  0xac, 0x74, 0xca, 0x55, 0x52, 0x31, 0xcc, 0x68)
 #define LINUX_EFI_MOK_VARIABLE_TABLE_GUID	EFI_GUID(0xc451ed2b, 0x9694, 0x45d3,  0xba, 0xba, 0xed, 0x9f, 0x89, 0x88, 0xa3, 0x89)
 
+/*
+ * This GUID may be installed onto the kernel image's handle as a NULL protocol
+ * to signal to the stub that the placement of the image should be respected,
+ * and moving the image in physical memory is undesirable. To ensure
+ * compatibility with 64k pages kernels with virtually mapped stacks, and to
+ * avoid defeating physical randomization, this protocol should only be
+ * installed if the image was placed at a randomized 128k aligned address in
+ * memory.
+ */
+#define LINUX_EFI_LOADED_IMAGE_FIXED_GUID	EFI_GUID(0xf5a37b6d, 0x3344, 0x42a5,  0xb6, 0xbb, 0x97, 0x86, 0x48, 0xc1, 0x89, 0x0a)
+
 /* OEM GUIDs */
 #define DELLEMC_EFI_RCI2_TABLE_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x2d9f28a2, 0xa886, 0x456a,  0x97, 0xa8, 0xf1, 0x1e, 0xf2, 0x4f, 0xf4, 0x55)
 #define AMD_SEV_MEM_ENCRYPT_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x0cf29b71, 0x9e51, 0x433a,  0xa3, 0xb7, 0x81, 0xf3, 0xab, 0x16, 0xb8, 0x75)
-- 
2.30.2




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