[PATCH RH grub2] arm64: Fix EFI loader kernel image allocation

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Mon Jul 26 14:54:06 BST 2021


On Mon, 26 Jul 2021 at 13:34, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 11:44 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > On Mon, 26 Jul 2021 at 10:21, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > <benh at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > > We are currently allocating just enough memory for the file size,
> > > which means that the kernel BSS is in limbo (and not even zeroed).
> > >
> > > Instead, use the PE optional header in which the kernel puts the
> > > actual size it needs, including BSS, and make sure we clear it.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > This bug comes with the original shim_lock patch which removes
> > > LoadImage/StartImage
> > > and directly calls into the loaded image instead. It has been
> > > observbed to
> > > occasionally cause boot failures on EC2 ARM instances.
> > >
> > > I know at least Fedora/RH (and thus Amazon Linux 2) and Ubuntu are
> > > affected.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for fixing this. Does GRUB at least honor the minimum image
> > alignment described in the PE/COFF header?
> >
> > Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
>
> It doesn't look at it no. So you'll get 4k.
>

Great. I will add an error message for that as well.


>
> > >  grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > > ------
> > >  1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c b/grub-
> > > core/loader/arm64/linux.c
> > > index 47f8cf0d8..f568d452d 100644
> > > --- a/grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c
> > > +++ b/grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c
> > > @@ -311,14 +311,31 @@ grub_cmd_initrd (grub_command_t cmd
> > > __attribute__ ((unused)),
> > >    return grub_errno;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +static grub_err_t
> > > +parse_pe_header (void *kernel, grub_uint64_t *total_size,
> > > grub_uint32_t *entry_offset)
> > > +{
> > > +  struct linux_arch_kernel_header *lh = kernel;
> > > +  struct grub_armxx_linux_pe_header *pe;
> > > +
> > > +  pe = (void *)((unsigned long)kernel + lh->hdr_offset);
> > > +
> > > +  if (pe->opt.magic != GRUB_PE32_PE64_MAGIC)
> > > +    return grub_error(GRUB_ERR_BAD_OS, "Invalid PE optional header
> > > magic");
> > > +
> > > +  *total_size   = pe->opt.image_size;
> > > +  *entry_offset = pe->opt.entry_addr;
> > > +
> > > +  return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >  static grub_err_t
> > >  grub_cmd_linux (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
> > >                 int argc, char *argv[])
> > >  {
> > >    grub_file_t file = 0;
> > > -  struct linux_arch_kernel_header lh;
> > > -  struct grub_armxx_linux_pe_header *pe;
> > >    grub_err_t err;
> > > +  grub_uint64_t filelen;
> > > +  void *kernel = NULL;
> > >    int rc;
> > >
> > >    grub_dl_ref (my_mod);
> > > @@ -333,40 +350,24 @@ grub_cmd_linux (grub_command_t cmd
> > > __attribute__ ((unused)),
> > >    if (!file)
> > >      goto fail;
> > >
> > > -  kernel_size = grub_file_size (file);
> > > -
> > > -  if (grub_file_read (file, &lh, sizeof (lh)) < (long) sizeof
> > > (lh))
> > > -    return grub_errno;
> > > -
> > > -  if (grub_arch_efi_linux_check_image (&lh) != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
> > > -    goto fail;
> > > -
> > > -  grub_loader_unset();
> > > -
> > > -  grub_dprintf ("linux", "kernel file size: %lld\n", (long long)
> > > kernel_size);
> > > -  kernel_addr = grub_efi_allocate_any_pages
> > > (GRUB_EFI_BYTES_TO_PAGES (kernel_size));
> > > -  grub_dprintf ("linux", "kernel numpages: %lld\n",
> > > -               (long long) GRUB_EFI_BYTES_TO_PAGES (kernel_size));
> > > -  if (!kernel_addr)
> > > +  filelen = grub_file_size (file);
> > > +  kernel = grub_malloc(filelen);
> > > +  if (!kernel)
> > >      {
> > > -      grub_error (GRUB_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, N_("out of memory"));
> > > +      grub_error (GRUB_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, N_("cannot allocate
> > > kernel load buffer"));
> > >        goto fail;
> > >      }
> > >
> > > -  grub_file_seek (file, 0);
> > > -  if (grub_file_read (file, kernel_addr, kernel_size)
> > > -      < (grub_int64_t) kernel_size)
> > > +  if (grub_file_read (file, kernel, filelen) < filelen)
> > >      {
> > > -      if (!grub_errno)
> > > -       grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_OS, N_("premature end of file
> > > %s"), argv[0]);
> > > +      grub_error (GRUB_ERR_FILE_READ_ERROR, N_("Can't read kernel
> > > %s"),
> > > +                 argv[0]);
> > >        goto fail;
> > >      }
> > >
> > > -  grub_dprintf ("linux", "kernel @ %p\n", kernel_addr);
> > > -
> > >    if (grub_efi_get_secureboot () ==
> > > GRUB_EFI_SECUREBOOT_MODE_ENABLED)
> > >      {
> > > -      rc = grub_linuxefi_secure_validate (kernel_addr,
> > > kernel_size);
> > > +      rc = grub_linuxefi_secure_validate (kernel, filelen);
> > >        if (rc <= 0)
> > >         {
> > >           grub_error (GRUB_ERR_INVALID_COMMAND,
> > > @@ -375,8 +376,30 @@ grub_cmd_linux (grub_command_t cmd
> > > __attribute__ ((unused)),
> > >         }
> > >      }
> > >
> > > -  pe = (void *)((unsigned long)kernel_addr + lh.hdr_offset);
> > > -  handover_offset = pe->opt.entry_addr;
> > > +  if (grub_arch_efi_linux_check_image (kernel) != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
> > > +    goto fail;
> > > +  if (parse_pe_header (kernel, &kernel_size, &handover_offset) !=
> > > GRUB_ERR_NONE)
> > > +    goto fail;
> > > +  grub_dprintf ("linux", "kernel mem size     : %lld\n", (long
> > > long) kernel_size);
> > > +  grub_dprintf ("linux", "kernel entry offset : %d\n",
> > > handover_offset);
> > > +
> > > +  grub_loader_unset();
> > > +
> > > +  kernel_addr = grub_efi_allocate_any_pages
> > > (GRUB_EFI_BYTES_TO_PAGES (kernel_size));
> > > +  grub_dprintf ("linux", "kernel numpages: %lld\n",
> > > +               (long long) GRUB_EFI_BYTES_TO_PAGES (kernel_size));
> > > +  if (!kernel_addr)
> > > +    {
> > > +      grub_error (GRUB_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, N_("out of memory"));
> > > +      goto fail;
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > > +  grub_dprintf ("linux", "kernel @ %p\n", kernel_addr);
> > > +  grub_memcpy (kernel_addr, kernel, grub_min(filelen,
> > > kernel_size));
> > > +  if (kernel_size > filelen)
> > > +    grub_memset ((char *)kernel_addr + filelen, 0, kernel_size -
> > > filelen);
> > > +  grub_free(kernel);
> > > +  kernel = NULL;
> > >
> > >    cmdline_size = grub_loader_cmdline_size (argc, argv) + sizeof
> > > (LINUX_IMAGE);
> > >    linux_args = grub_malloc (cmdline_size);
> > > @@ -400,6 +423,9 @@ grub_cmd_linux (grub_command_t cmd
> > > __attribute__ ((unused)),
> > >      }
> > >
> > >  fail:
> > > +  if (kernel)
> > > +    grub_free (kernel);
> > > +
> > >    if (file)
> > >      grub_file_close (file);
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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