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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:48:49 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, 
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, 
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>, 
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>, 
	Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/30] efi/libstub: arm: reserve bootloader supplied
 initrd in memory map

On 14 August 2017 at 13:54, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:
> Under KASLR, the EFI stub may allocate the kernel anywhere in the
> physical address space, which could be right on top of an initrd
> if it was supplied by the bootloader (i.e., GRUB) in /chosen rather
> than passed via the initrd= command line option. So allocate the
> pages explicitly, this ensures that the random memory allocation
> routine will disregard the region.
>
> Note that this means that we need to defer the handle_kernel_image()
> call.
>
> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>

If nobody objects, I will take this patch through the EFI tree
separately for v4.14, given that it fixes an issue that may affect
arm64 as well.

> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c | 51 ++++++++++++--------
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h  |  3 ++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c      | 42 ++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
> index 8181ac179d14..f5ef5ccd5f45 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
> @@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ unsigned long efi_entry(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *sys_table,
>         unsigned long reserve_size = 0;
>         enum efi_secureboot_mode secure_boot;
>         struct screen_info *si;
> +       bool have_chosen_initrd;
>
>         /* Check if we were booted by the EFI firmware */
>         if (sys_table->hdr.signature != EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE_SIGNATURE)
> @@ -183,15 +184,6 @@ unsigned long efi_entry(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *sys_table,
>
>         si = setup_graphics(sys_table);
>
> -       status = handle_kernel_image(sys_table, image_addr, &image_size,
> -                                    &reserve_addr,
> -                                    &reserve_size,
> -                                    dram_base, image);
> -       if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
> -               pr_efi_err(sys_table, "Failed to relocate kernel\n");
> -               goto fail_free_cmdline;
> -       }
> -
>         secure_boot = efi_get_secureboot(sys_table);
>
>         /*
> @@ -209,7 +201,7 @@ unsigned long efi_entry(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *sys_table,
>
>                 if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
>                         pr_efi_err(sys_table, "Failed to load device tree!\n");
> -                       goto fail_free_image;
> +                       goto fail_free_cmdline;
>                 }
>         }
>
> @@ -222,16 +214,33 @@ unsigned long efi_entry(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *sys_table,
>                         pr_efi(sys_table, "Using DTB from configuration table\n");
>         }
>
> -       if (!fdt_addr)
> +       if (!fdt_addr) {
>                 pr_efi(sys_table, "Generating empty DTB\n");
> +               have_chosen_initrd = false;
> +       } else {
> +               status = efi_reserve_dtb_initrd(sys_table, (void *)fdt_addr);
> +               have_chosen_initrd = (status != EFI_NOT_FOUND);
> +       }
>
> -       status = handle_cmdline_files(sys_table, image, cmdline_ptr, "initrd=",
> -                                     efi_get_max_initrd_addr(dram_base,
> -                                                             *image_addr),
> -                                     (unsigned long *)&initrd_addr,
> -                                     (unsigned long *)&initrd_size);
> -       if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> -               pr_efi_err(sys_table, "Failed initrd from command line!\n");
> +       status = handle_kernel_image(sys_table, image_addr, &image_size,
> +                                    &reserve_addr, &reserve_size,
> +                                    dram_base, image);
> +       if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
> +               pr_efi_err(sys_table, "Failed to relocate kernel\n");
> +               goto fail_free_fdt;
> +       }
> +
> +       if (!have_chosen_initrd) {
> +               status = handle_cmdline_files(sys_table, image, cmdline_ptr,
> +                                             "initrd=",
> +                                             efi_get_max_initrd_addr(dram_base,
> +                                                                     *image_addr),
> +                                             (unsigned long *)&initrd_addr,
> +                                             (unsigned long *)&initrd_size);
> +               if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> +                       pr_efi_err(sys_table,
> +                                  "Failed initrd from command line!\n");
> +       }
>
>         efi_random_get_seed(sys_table);
>
> @@ -272,11 +281,11 @@ unsigned long efi_entry(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *sys_table,
>         pr_efi_err(sys_table, "Failed to update FDT and exit boot services\n");
>
>         efi_free(sys_table, initrd_size, initrd_addr);
> -       efi_free(sys_table, fdt_size, fdt_addr);
> -
> -fail_free_image:
>         efi_free(sys_table, image_size, *image_addr);
>         efi_free(sys_table, reserve_size, reserve_addr);
> +
> +fail_free_fdt:
> +       efi_free(sys_table, fdt_size, fdt_addr);
>  fail_free_cmdline:
>         free_screen_info(sys_table, si);
>         efi_free(sys_table, cmdline_size, (unsigned long)cmdline_ptr);
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
> index aaf2aeb785ea..35b514d7d962 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
> @@ -68,4 +68,7 @@ efi_status_t check_platform_features(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg);
>
>  efi_status_t efi_random_get_seed(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg);
>
> +efi_status_t efi_reserve_dtb_initrd(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
> +                                   const void *fdt);
> +
>  #endif
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> index 8830fa601e45..54408c95e094 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> @@ -385,3 +385,45 @@ void *get_fdt(efi_system_table_t *sys_table, unsigned long *fdt_size)
>
>         return fdt;
>  }
> +
> +efi_status_t efi_reserve_dtb_initrd(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
> +                                   const void *fdt)
> +{
> +       int chosen, len;
> +       const void *prop;
> +       efi_physical_addr_t start, end;
> +       unsigned long num_pages;
> +       efi_status_t status;
> +
> +       chosen = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/chosen");
> +       if (chosen == -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND)
> +               return EFI_NOT_FOUND;
> +
> +       prop = fdt_getprop(fdt, chosen, "linux,initrd-start", &len);
> +       if (!prop)
> +               return EFI_NOT_FOUND;
> +
> +       start = (len == sizeof(fdt32_t)) ? fdt32_to_cpu(*(fdt32_t *)prop)
> +                                        : fdt64_to_cpu(*(fdt64_t *)prop);
> +
> +       prop = fdt_getprop(fdt, chosen, "linux,initrd-end", &len);
> +       if (!prop)
> +               return EFI_NOT_FOUND;
> +
> +       end = (len == sizeof(fdt32_t)) ? fdt32_to_cpu(*(fdt32_t *)prop)
> +                                      : fdt64_to_cpu(*(fdt64_t *)prop);
> +
> +       start = round_down(start, EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
> +       num_pages = round_up(end - start, EFI_PAGE_SIZE) / EFI_PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> +       status = efi_call_early(allocate_pages, EFI_ALLOCATE_ADDRESS,
> +                               EFI_LOADER_DATA, num_pages, &start);
> +
> +       if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> +               pr_efi_err(sys_table_arg,
> +                          "Failed to reserve initrd area found in /chosen\n");
> +       else
> +               pr_efi(sys_table_arg, "Using initrd found in /chosen\n");
> +
> +       return status;
> +}
> --
> 2.11.0
>

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