On 10/29/24 at 01:52pm, Coiby Xu wrote: > Currently, kexec_buf is placed in order which means for the same > machine, the info in the kexec_buf is always located at the same > position each time the machine is booted. This may cause a risk for > sensitive information like LUKS volume key. Now struct kexec_buf has a > new field random which indicates it's supposed to be placed in a random > position. This change the generic code, but you don't mention this only takes effect in kdump case, won't impact kexec reboot case. I got this from code, while this should be mentioned in log. > > Suggested-by: Jan Pazdziora <jpazdziora@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/kexec.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > kernel/kexec_file.c | 3 +++ > 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h > index f0e9f8eda7a3..0dc66ca2506a 100644 > --- a/include/linux/kexec.h > +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h > @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ > > extern note_buf_t __percpu *crash_notes; > > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP > +#include <linux/prandom.h> > +#endif > + > #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE > #include <linux/list.h> > #include <linux/compat.h> > @@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ int kexec_image_post_load_cleanup_default(struct kimage *image); > * @buf_min: The buffer can't be placed below this address. > * @buf_max: The buffer can't be placed above this address. > * @top_down: Allocate from top of memory. > + * @random: Place the buffer at a random position. > */ > struct kexec_buf { > struct kimage *image; > @@ -182,8 +187,31 @@ struct kexec_buf { > unsigned long buf_min; > unsigned long buf_max; > bool top_down; > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP > + bool random; > +#endif > }; > > + > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP > +static inline void kexec_random_start(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This function name is very confusing. I thought it's a starting to randomize at the first glance, then realized it's to randomize the starting position of range. > + struct kexec_buf *kbuf, > + unsigned long *temp_start) > +{ > + unsigned short i; > + > + if (kbuf->random) { > + get_random_bytes(&i, sizeof(unsigned short)); > + *temp_start = start + (end - start) / USHRT_MAX * i; > + } > +} > +#else > +static inline void kexec_random_start(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, > + struct kexec_buf *kbuf, > + unsigned long *temp_start) > +{} > +#endif > + > int kexec_load_purgatory(struct kimage *image, struct kexec_buf *kbuf); > int kexec_purgatory_get_set_symbol(struct kimage *image, const char *name, > void *buf, unsigned int size, > diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c > index 3eedb8c226ad..06565d867b69 100644 > --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c > +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c > @@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ static int locate_mem_hole_top_down(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, > > temp_end = min(end, kbuf->buf_max); > temp_start = temp_end - kbuf->memsz + 1; > + kexec_random_start(temp_start, temp_end, kbuf, &temp_start); > > do { > /* align down start */ > @@ -483,6 +484,8 @@ static int locate_mem_hole_bottom_up(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, > > temp_start = max(start, kbuf->buf_min); > > + kexec_random_start(temp_start, end, kbuf, &temp_start); > + > do { > temp_start = ALIGN(temp_start, kbuf->buf_align); > temp_end = temp_start + kbuf->memsz - 1; > -- > 2.47.0 >