This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
efi/x86: Avoid physical KASLR on older Dell systems
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
efi-x86-avoid-physical-kaslr-on-older-dell-systems.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From stable+bounces-25907-greg=kroah.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mon Mar 4 12:21:09 2024
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 12:19:52 +0100
Subject: efi/x86: Avoid physical KASLR on older Dell systems
To: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20240304111937.2556102-34-ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Commit 50d7cdf7a9b1ab6f4f74a69c84e974d5dc0c1bf1 upstream ]
River reports boot hangs with v6.6 and v6.7, and the bisect points to
commit
a1b87d54f4e4 ("x86/efistub: Avoid legacy decompressor when doing EFI boot")
which moves the memory allocation and kernel decompression from the
legacy decompressor (which executes *after* ExitBootServices()) to the
EFI stub, using boot services for allocating the memory. The memory
allocation succeeds but the subsequent call to decompress_kernel() never
returns, resulting in a failed boot and a hanging system.
As it turns out, this issue only occurs when physical address
randomization (KASLR) is enabled, and given that this is a feature we
can live without (virtual KASLR is much more important), let's disable
the physical part of KASLR when booting on AMI UEFI firmware claiming to
implement revision v2.0 of the specification (which was released in
2006), as this is the version these systems advertise.
Fixes: a1b87d54f4e4 ("x86/efistub: Avoid legacy decompressor when doing EFI boot")
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218173
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -273,17 +273,20 @@ void efi_adjust_memory_range_protection(
}
}
+static efi_char16_t *efistub_fw_vendor(void)
+{
+ unsigned long vendor = efi_table_attr(efi_system_table, fw_vendor);
+
+ return (efi_char16_t *)vendor;
+}
+
static const efi_char16_t apple[] = L"Apple";
static void setup_quirks(struct boot_params *boot_params)
{
- efi_char16_t *fw_vendor = (efi_char16_t *)(unsigned long)
- efi_table_attr(efi_system_table, fw_vendor);
-
- if (!memcmp(fw_vendor, apple, sizeof(apple))) {
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_APPLE_PROPERTIES))
- retrieve_apple_device_properties(boot_params);
- }
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_APPLE_PROPERTIES) &&
+ !memcmp(efistub_fw_vendor(), apple, sizeof(apple)))
+ retrieve_apple_device_properties(boot_params);
}
/*
@@ -759,11 +762,25 @@ static efi_status_t efi_decompress_kerne
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE) && !efi_nokaslr) {
u64 range = KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE - LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR - kernel_total_size;
+ static const efi_char16_t ami[] = L"American Megatrends";
efi_get_seed(seed, sizeof(seed));
virt_addr += (range * seed[1]) >> 32;
virt_addr &= ~(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN - 1);
+
+ /*
+ * Older Dell systems with AMI UEFI firmware v2.0 may hang
+ * while decompressing the kernel if physical address
+ * randomization is enabled.
+ *
+ * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218173
+ */
+ if (efi_system_table->hdr.revision <= EFI_2_00_SYSTEM_TABLE_REVISION &&
+ !memcmp(efistub_fw_vendor(), ami, sizeof(ami))) {
+ efi_debug("AMI firmware v2.0 or older detected - disabling physical KASLR\n");
+ seed[0] = 0;
+ }
}
status = efi_random_alloc(alloc_size, CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN, &addr,
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from kroah.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.1/x86-decompressor-avoid-magic-offsets-for-efi-handover-entrypoint.patch
queue-6.1/x86-efistub-avoid-placing-the-kernel-below-load_physical_addr.patch
queue-6.1/x86-efistub-avoid-legacy-decompressor-when-doing-efi-boot.patch
queue-6.1/x86-efistub-perform-4-5-level-paging-switch-from-the-stub.patch
queue-6.1/x86-boot-rename-conflicting-boot_params-pointer-to-boot_params_ptr.patch
queue-6.1/x86-efistub-perform-snp-feature-test-while-running-in-the-firmware.patch
queue-6.1/x86-efistub-simplify-and-clean-up-handover-entry-code.patch
queue-6.1/efi-libstub-add-memory-attribute-protocol-definitions.patch
queue-6.1/efi-libstub-add-limit-argument-to-efi_random_alloc.patch
queue-6.1/efi-x86-fix-the-missing-kaslr_flag-bit-in-boot_params-hdr.loadflags.patch
queue-6.1/arm64-efi-limit-allocations-to-48-bit-addressable-physical-region.patch
queue-6.1/x86-efistub-prefer-efi-memory-attributes-protocol-over-dxe-services.patch
queue-6.1/efi-efivars-prevent-double-registration.patch
queue-6.1/x86-boot-efistub-assign-global-boot_params-variable.patch
queue-6.1/x86-efistub-clear-bss-in-efi-handover-protocol-entrypoint.patch
queue-6.1/x86-decompressor-factor-out-kernel-decompression-and-relocation.patch
queue-6.1/efi-x86-avoid-physical-kaslr-on-older-dell-systems.patch
