Reserving memory using efi_mem_reserve() calls into the x86
efi_arch_mem_reserve() function. This function will insert a new EFI
memory descriptor into the EFI memory map representing the area of
memory to be reserved and marking it as EFI runtime memory.
As part of adding this new entry, a new EFI memory map is allocated and
mapped. The mapping is where a problem can occur. This new EFI memory map
is mapped using early_memremap(). If the allocated memory comes from an
area that is marked as EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA memory in the current EFI
memory map, then it will be mapped unencrypted (see memremap_is_efi_data()
and the call to efi_mem_type()).
However, during replacement of the old EFI memory map with the new EFI
memory map, efi_mem_type() is disabled, resulting in the new EFI memory
map always being mapped encrypted in efi.memmap. This will cause a kernel
crash later in the boot.
Since it is known that the new EFI memory map will always be mapped
encrypted when efi_memmap_install() is called, explicitly map the new EFI
memory map as encrypted (using early_memremap_prot()) when inserting the
new memory map entry.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.14.x
Fixes: 8f716c9b5feb ("x86/mm: Add support to access boot related data in the clear")
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes for v2:
- Update/expand commit message to (hopefully) make it easier to read and
understand
- Add a comment around the use of the early_memremap_prot() call
---
arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
index b15ebfe40a73..14f8f20d727a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -277,7 +277,19 @@ void __init efi_arch_mem_reserve(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)
return;
}
- new = early_memremap(data.phys_map, data.size);
+ /*
+ * When SME is active, early_memremap() can map the memory unencrypted
+ * if the allocation came from EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA (see
+ * memremap_is_efi_data() and the call to efi_mem_type()). However,
+ * when efi_memmap_install() is called to replace the memory map,
+ * efi_mem_type() is "disabled" and so the memory will always be mapped
+ * encrypted. To avoid this possible mismatch between the mappings,
+ * always map the newly allocated memmap memory as encrypted.
+ *
+ * When SME is not active, this behaves just like early_memremap().
+ */
+ new = early_memremap_prot(data.phys_map, data.size,
+ pgprot_val(pgprot_encrypted(FIXMAP_PAGE_NORMAL)));
if (!new) {
pr_err("Failed to map new boot services memmap\n");
return;
--
2.33.1
