Re: [PATCH] efi/x86: use naked RET on mixed mode call wrapper

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On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 04:45:50PM -0300, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> When running with return thunks enabled under 32-bit EFI, the system
> crashes with:
> 
> [    0.137688] kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
> [    0.138136] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000005bc02900
> [    0.138136] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
> [    0.138136] #PF: error_code(0x0011) - permissions violation
> [    0.138136] PGD 18f7063 P4D 18f7063 PUD 18ff063 PMD 190e063 PTE 800000005bc02063
> [    0.138136] Oops: 0011 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
> [    0.138136] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc6+ #166
> [    0.138136] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
> [    0.138136] RIP: 0010:0x5bc02900
> [    0.138136] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0x5bc028d6.
> [    0.138136] RSP: 0018:ffffffffb3203e10 EFLAGS: 00010046
> [    0.138136] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000048
> [    0.138136] RDX: 000000000190dfac RSI: 0000000000001710 RDI: 000000007eae823b
> [    0.138136] RBP: ffffffffb3203e70 R08: 0000000001970000 R09: ffffffffb3203e28
> [    0.138136] R10: 747563657865206c R11: 6c6977203a696665 R12: 0000000000001710
> [    0.138136] R13: 0000000000000030 R14: 0000000001970000 R15: 0000000000000001
> [    0.138136] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e013ca00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> [    0.138136] CS:  0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [    0.138136] CR2: 000000005bc02900 CR3: 0000000001930000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
> [    0.138136] Call Trace:
> [    0.138136]  <TASK>
> [    0.138136]  ? efi_set_virtual_address_map+0x9c/0x175
> [    0.138136]  efi_enter_virtual_mode+0x4a6/0x53e
> [    0.138136]  start_kernel+0x67c/0x71e
> [    0.138136]  x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x2a
> [    0.138136]  x86_64_start_kernel+0xe9/0xf4
> [    0.138136]  secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xe5/0xeb
> [    0.138136]  </TASK>
> 
> That's because it cannot jump to the return thunk from the 32-bit code.
> Using a naked RET and marking it as safe allows the system to proceed
> booting.
> 
> Fixes: aa3d480315ba ("x86: Use return-thunk in asm code")
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

No more crashes with this patch applies on top of the mainline kernel
(sha e5d523f1ae8f).

Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Guenter



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