Re: [PATCH -for-stable-v6.6+ 3/6] x86/boot: Move mem_encrypt= parsing to the decompressor

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On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 at 14:37, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 08:49:21AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > [ Commit cd0d9d92c8bb46e77de62efd7df13069ddd61e7d upstream ]
> >
> > The early SME/SEV code parses the command line very early, in order to
> > decide whether or not memory encryption should be enabled, which needs
> > to occur even before the initial page tables are created.
> >
> > This is problematic for a number of reasons:
> > - this early code runs from the 1:1 mapping provided by the decompressor
> >   or firmware, which uses a different translation than the one assumed by
> >   the linker, and so the code needs to be built in a special way;
> > - parsing external input while the entire kernel image is still mapped
> >   writable is a bad idea in general, and really does not belong in
> >   security minded code;
> > - the current code ignores the built-in command line entirely (although
> >   this appears to be the case for the entire decompressor)
> >
> > Given that the decompressor/EFI stub is an intrinsic part of the x86
> > bootable kernel image, move the command line parsing there and out of
> > the core kernel. This removes the need to build lib/cmdline.o in a
> > special way, or to use RIP-relative LEA instructions in inline asm
> > blocks.
> >
> > This involves a new xloadflag in the setup header to indicate
> > that mem_encrypt=on appeared on the kernel command line.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240227151907.387873-17-ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c         | 15 +++++++++
> >  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h   |  1 +
> >  arch/x86/lib/Makefile                   | 13 --------
> >  arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c      | 32 ++------------------
> >  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c |  3 ++
> >  5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> > index f711f2a85862..c6136a1be283 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> > @@ -357,6 +357,19 @@ unsigned long decompress_kernel(unsigned char *outbuf, unsigned long virt_addr,
> >       return entry;
> >  }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Set the memory encryption xloadflag based on the mem_encrypt= command line
> > + * parameter, if provided.
> > + */
> > +static void parse_mem_encrypt(struct setup_header *hdr)
> > +{
> > +     int on = cmdline_find_option_bool("mem_encrypt=on");
> > +     int off = cmdline_find_option_bool("mem_encrypt=off");
> > +
> > +     if (on > off)
> > +             hdr->xloadflags |= XLF_MEM_ENCRYPTION;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * The compressed kernel image (ZO), has been moved so that its position
> >   * is against the end of the buffer used to hold the uncompressed kernel
> > @@ -387,6 +400,8 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *extract_kernel(void *rmode, unsigned char *output)
> >       /* Clear flags intended for solely in-kernel use. */
> >       boot_params->hdr.loadflags &= ~KASLR_FLAG;
> >
> > +     parse_mem_encrypt(&boot_params->hdr);
> > +
> >       sanitize_boot_params(boot_params);
> >
> >       if (boot_params->screen_info.orig_video_mode == 7) {
>
> This patch didn't apply on 6.6.y, so I applied it by hand, but it turns
> out there is no "boot_parms" on 6.6.y, so it breaks the build.
>

If you apply it by hand, it will be called boot_params_ptr, and that
indeed does not exist yet on 6.6.y. The patch accounts for that.

However, it is bizarre that this fails to apply, given that I
generated the patches from a tree based on 6.6.25. Does it conflict
with something else you have queued up?

> So I've dropped this one from the 6.6.y tree now, if you can submit it
> in a form that at least compiles, I'll take it :)
>

Happy to do so, but I'll need another base if 6.6.25 is not sufficient.




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