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<title>efi/libstub/file: Merge file name buffers to reduce stack usage</title>
<updated>2020-04-14T06:32:15Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2020-04-09T13:04:32Z</published>
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Arnd reports that commit

  9302c1bb8e47 ("efi/libstub: Rewrite file I/O routine")

reworks the file I/O routines in a way that triggers the following
warning:

  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/file.c:240:1: warning: the frame size
            of 1200 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]

We can work around this issue dropping an instance of efi_char16_t[256]
from the stack frame, and reusing the 'filename' field of the file info
struct that we use to obtain file information from EFI (which contains
the file name even though we already know it since we used it to open
the file in the first place)

Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200409130434.6736-8-ardb@kernel.org
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<title>efi/x86: Always relocate the kernel for EFI handover entry</title>
<updated>2020-04-14T06:32:13Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Arvind Sankar</name>
<email>nivedita@alum.mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2020-04-09T13:04:29Z</published>
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Commit

  d5cdf4cfeac9 ("efi/x86: Don't relocate the kernel unless necessary")

tries to avoid relocating the kernel in the EFI stub as far as possible.

However, when systemd-boot is used to boot a unified kernel image [1],
the image is constructed by embedding the bzImage as a .linux section in
a PE executable that contains a small stub loader from systemd that will
call the EFI stub handover entry, together with additional sections and
potentially an initrd. When this image is constructed, by for example
dracut, the initrd is placed after the bzImage without ensuring that at
least init_size bytes are available for the bzImage. If the kernel is
not relocated by the EFI stub, this could result in the compressed
kernel's startup code in head_{32,64}.S overwriting the initrd.

To prevent this, unconditionally relocate the kernel if the EFI stub was
entered via the handover entry point.

[1] https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION/#type-2-efi-unified-kernel-images

Fixes: d5cdf4cfeac9 ("efi/x86: Don't relocate the kernel unless necessary")
Reported-by: Sergey Shatunov &lt;me@prok.pw&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar &lt;nivedita@alum.mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200406180614.429454-2-nivedita@alum.mit.edu
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200409130434.6736-5-ardb@kernel.org
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<title>efi/x86: Move efi stub globals from .bss to .data</title>
<updated>2020-04-14T06:32:13Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Arvind Sankar</name>
<email>nivedita@alum.mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2020-04-09T13:04:28Z</published>
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Commit

  3ee372ccce4d ("x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable from bzImage")

removed the .bss section from the bzImage.

However, while a PE loader is required to zero-initialize the .bss
section before calling the PE entry point, the EFI handover protocol
does not currently document any requirement that .bss be initialized by
the bootloader prior to calling the handover entry.

When systemd-boot is used to boot a unified kernel image [1], the image
is constructed by embedding the bzImage as a .linux section in a PE
executable that contains a small stub loader from systemd together with
additional sections and potentially an initrd. As the .bss section
within the bzImage is no longer explicitly present as part of the file,
it is not initialized before calling the EFI handover entry.
Furthermore, as the size of the embedded .linux section is only the size
of the bzImage file itself, the .bss section's memory may not even have
been allocated.

In particular, this can result in efi_disable_pci_dma being true even
when it was not specified via the command line or configuration option,
which in turn causes crashes while booting on some systems.

To avoid issues, place all EFI stub global variables into the .data
section instead of .bss. As of this writing, only boolean flags for a
few command line arguments and the sys_table pointer were in .bss and
will now move into the .data section.

[1] https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION/#type-2-efi-unified-kernel-images

Fixes: 3ee372ccce4d ("x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable from bzImage")
Reported-by: Sergey Shatunov &lt;me@prok.pw&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar &lt;nivedita@alum.mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200406180614.429454-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200409130434.6736-4-ardb@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>efi/libstub/x86: Remove redundant assignment to pointer hdr</title>
<updated>2020-04-14T06:32:12Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Colin Ian King</name>
<email>colin.king@canonical.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-04-09T13:04:27Z</published>
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The pointer hdr is being assigned a value that is never read and
it is being updated later with a new value. The assignment is
redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King &lt;colin.king@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200402102537.503103-1-colin.king@canonical.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200409130434.6736-3-ardb@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>efi/cper: Use scnprintf() for avoiding potential buffer overflow</title>
<updated>2020-04-14T06:32:11Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Takashi Iwai</name>
<email>tiwai@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2020-04-09T13:04:26Z</published>
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Since snprintf() returns the would-be-output size instead of the
actual output size, the succeeding calls may go beyond the given
buffer limit.  Fix it by replacing with scnprintf().

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai &lt;tiwai@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200311072145.5001-1-tiwai@suse.de
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200409130434.6736-2-ardb@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'arm64-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux</title>
<updated>2020-04-09T18:04:16Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-04-09T18:04:16Z</published>
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Pull arm64 fixes from Catalin Marinas:

 - Ensure that the compiler and linker versions are aligned so that ld
   doesn't complain about not understanding a .note.gnu.property section
   (emitted when pointer authentication is enabled).

 - Force -mbranch-protection=none when the feature is not enabled, in
   case a compiler may choose a different default value.

 - Remove CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA. It was never in defconfig and
   rarely enabled.

 - Fix checking 16-bit Thumb-2 instructions checking mask in the
   emulation of the SETEND instruction (it could match the bottom half
   of a 32-bit Thumb-2 instruction).

* tag 'arm64-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux:
  arm64: armv8_deprecated: Fix undef_hook mask for thumb setend
  arm64: remove CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA feature
  arm64: Always force a branch protection mode when the compiler has one
  arm64: Kconfig: ptrauth: Add binutils version check to fix mismatch
  init/kconfig: Add LD_VERSION Kconfig
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<entry>
<title>arm64: remove CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA feature</title>
<updated>2020-04-01T20:44:43Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-03-29T14:12:58Z</published>
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When CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA is enabled, kernel segments mapped with
different permissions (r-x for .text, r-- for .rodata, rw- for .data,
etc) are rounded up to 2 MiB so they can be mapped more efficiently.
In particular, it permits the segments to be mapped using level 2
block entries when using 4k pages, which is expected to result in less
TLB pressure.

However, the mappings for the bulk of the kernel will use level 2
entries anyway, and the misaligned fringes are organized such that they
can take advantage of the contiguous bit, and use far fewer level 3
entries than would be needed otherwise.

This makes the value of this feature dubious at best, and since it is not
enabled in defconfig or in the distro configs, it does not appear to be
in wide use either. So let's just remove it.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Laura Abbott &lt;labbott@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2020-03-31T17:28:35Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-03-31T17:28:35Z</published>
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Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Misc cleanups and small enhancements all around the map"

* 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/boot/compressed: Fix debug_puthex() parameter type
  x86/setup: Fix static memory detection
  x86/vmlinux: Drop unneeded linker script discard of .eh_frame
  x86/*/Makefile: Use -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables to suppress .eh_frame sections
  x86/boot/compressed: Remove .eh_frame section from bzImage
  x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable from bzImage
  x86/boot/compressed/64: Use 32-bit (zero-extended) MOV for z_output_len
  x86/boot/compressed/64: Use LEA to initialize boot stack pointer
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2020-03-30T23:13:08Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-03-30T23:13:08Z</published>
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Pull EFI updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The EFI changes in this cycle are much larger than usual, for two
  (positive) reasons:

   - The GRUB project is showing signs of life again, resulting in the
     introduction of the generic Linux/UEFI boot protocol, instead of
     x86 specific hacks which are increasingly difficult to maintain.
     There's hope that all future extensions will now go through that
     boot protocol.

   - Preparatory work for RISC-V EFI support.

  The main changes are:

   - Boot time GDT handling changes

   - Simplify handling of EFI properties table on arm64

   - Generic EFI stub cleanups, to improve command line handling, file
     I/O, memory allocation, etc.

   - Introduce a generic initrd loading method based on calling back
     into the firmware, instead of relying on the x86 EFI handover
     protocol or device tree.

   - Introduce a mixed mode boot method that does not rely on the x86
     EFI handover protocol either, and could potentially be adopted by
     other architectures (if another one ever surfaces where one
     execution mode is a superset of another)

   - Clean up the contents of 'struct efi', and move out everything that
     doesn't need to be stored there.

   - Incorporate support for UEFI spec v2.8A changes that permit
     firmware implementations to return EFI_UNSUPPORTED from UEFI
     runtime services at OS runtime, and expose a mask of which ones are
     supported or unsupported via a configuration table.

   - Partial fix for the lack of by-VA cache maintenance in the
     decompressor on 32-bit ARM.

   - Changes to load device firmware from EFI boot service memory
     regions

   - Various documentation updates and minor code cleanups and fixes"

* 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (114 commits)
  efi/libstub/arm: Fix spurious message that an initrd was loaded
  efi/libstub/arm64: Avoid image_base value from efi_loaded_image
  partitions/efi: Fix partition name parsing in GUID partition entry
  efi/x86: Fix cast of image argument
  efi/libstub/x86: Use ULONG_MAX as upper bound for all allocations
  efi: Fix a mistype in comments mentioning efivar_entry_iter_begin()
  efi/libstub: Avoid linking libstub/lib-ksyms.o into vmlinux
  efi/x86: Preserve %ebx correctly in efi_set_virtual_address_map()
  efi/x86: Ignore the memory attributes table on i386
  efi/x86: Don't relocate the kernel unless necessary
  efi/x86: Remove extra headroom for setup block
  efi/x86: Add kernel preferred address to PE header
  efi/x86: Decompress at start of PE image load address
  x86/boot/compressed/32: Save the output address instead of recalculating it
  efi/libstub/x86: Deal with exit() boot service returning
  x86/boot: Use unsigned comparison for addresses
  efi/x86: Avoid using code32_start
  efi/x86: Make efi32_pe_entry() more readable
  efi/x86: Respect 32-bit ABI in efi32_pe_entry()
  efi/x86: Annotate the LOADED_IMAGE_PROTOCOL_GUID with SYM_DATA
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'driver-core-5.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core</title>
<updated>2020-03-30T20:59:52Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-03-30T20:59:52Z</published>
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Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the "big" set of driver core changes for 5.7-rc1.

  Nothing huge in here, just lots of little firmware core changes and
  use of new apis, a libfs fix, a debugfs api change, and some driver
  core deferred probe rework.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  issues"

* tag 'driver-core-5.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (44 commits)
  Revert "driver core: Set fw_devlink to "permissive" behavior by default"
  driver core: Set fw_devlink to "permissive" behavior by default
  driver core: Replace open-coded list_last_entry()
  driver core: Read atomic counter once in driver_probe_done()
  libfs: fix infoleak in simple_attr_read()
  driver core: Add device links from fwnode only for the primary device
  platform/x86: touchscreen_dmi: Add info for the Chuwi Vi8 Plus tablet
  platform/x86: touchscreen_dmi: Add EFI embedded firmware info support
  Input: icn8505 - Switch to firmware_request_platform for retreiving the fw
  Input: silead - Switch to firmware_request_platform for retreiving the fw
  selftests: firmware: Add firmware_request_platform tests
  test_firmware: add support for firmware_request_platform
  firmware: Add new platform fallback mechanism and firmware_request_platform()
  Revert "drivers: base: power: wakeup.c: Use built-in RCU list checking"
  drivers: base: power: wakeup.c: Use built-in RCU list checking
  component: allow missing unbind callback
  debugfs: remove return value of debugfs_create_file_size()
  debugfs: Check module state before warning in {full/open}_proxy_open()
  firmware: fix a double abort case with fw_load_sysfs_fallback
  arch_topology: Fix putting invalid cpu clk
  ...
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