[PATCH] x86/asm, microcode: Add __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE define on 32-bit

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Jul 27 2016 - 08:09:54 EST


On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:36:55PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> On top of:
>
> tip/x86/microcode df15929f8f5c: Merge branch 'linus' into x86/microcode, to pick up merge window changes
>
> (the merge commit is fresh, I just pushed it out)
>
> ... because this way there's actually a CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY option available
> in that kernel tree.

Here it is:

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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/asm, microcode: Add __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE define on 32-bit

... in order to avoid ifdeffery in code computing the ASLR randomization
offset. Remove that ifdeffery in the microcode loader.

Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h | 3 ++-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 2 --
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
index 3a52ee0e726d..3bae4969ac65 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
* If you want more physical memory than this then see the CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G
* and CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G options in the kernel configuration.
*/
-#define __PAGE_OFFSET _AC(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET, UL)
+#define __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE _AC(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET, UL)
+#define __PAGE_OFFSET __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE

#define __START_KERNEL_map __PAGE_OFFSET

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 0f97ae93441b..cdc0deab00c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -818,13 +818,11 @@ void load_ucode_intel_ap(void)
if (blobs_p->valid) {
start = blobs_p->start;

-#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY
/*
* Pay attention to CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY=y as it shuffles
* physmem mapping too and there we have the initrd.
*/
start += PAGE_OFFSET - __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE;
-#endif
}

collect_cpu_info_early(&uci);
--
2.8.4

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