This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/boot: Ignore relocations in .notes sections in walk_relocs() too
to the 6.8-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:
x86-boot-ignore-relocations-in-.notes-sections-in-wa.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit f9df9adb5b968227e9ad9eecc4b371a24ed8c80a
Author: Guixiong Wei <weiguixiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Mar 17 23:05:47 2024 +0800
x86/boot: Ignore relocations in .notes sections in walk_relocs() too
[ Upstream commit 76e9762d66373354b45c33b60e9a53ef2a3c5ff2 ]
Commit:
aaa8736370db ("x86, relocs: Ignore relocations in .notes section")
... only started ignoring the .notes sections in print_absolute_relocs(),
but the same logic should also by applied in walk_relocs() to avoid
such relocations.
[ mingo: Fixed various typos in the changelog, removed extra curly braces from the code. ]
Fixes: aaa8736370db ("x86, relocs: Ignore relocations in .notes section")
Fixes: 5ead97c84fa7 ("xen: Core Xen implementation")
Fixes: da1a679cde9b ("Add /sys/kernel/notes")
Signed-off-by: Guixiong Wei <weiguixiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240317150547.24910-1-weiguixiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index b029fb81ebeee..e7a44a7f617fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -746,6 +746,15 @@ static void walk_relocs(int (*process)(struct section *sec, Elf_Rel *rel,
if (!(sec_applies->shdr.sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC)) {
continue;
}
+
+ /*
+ * Do not perform relocations in .notes sections; any
+ * values there are meant for pre-boot consumption (e.g.
+ * startup_xen).
+ */
+ if (sec_applies->shdr.sh_type == SHT_NOTE)
+ continue;
+
sh_symtab = sec_symtab->symtab;
sym_strtab = sec_symtab->link->strtab;
for (j = 0; j < sec->shdr.sh_size/sizeof(Elf_Rel); j++) {
