Re: [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: Early parse RSDP and save it in boot_params

From: Chao Fan
Date: Mon Feb 11 2019 - 04:56:06 EST


On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 09:46:03AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 01:22, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 10:53:22PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> > On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 12:44:51PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> > > Yes, the kernel boots if I comment out that function and have it return 0.
>> >
>> > Thanks, this localizes the issue significantly.
>>
>> Some observations:
>>
>> } else {
>> efi_config_table_32_t *tmp_table;
>>
>> tmp_table = config_tables;
>> guid = tmp_table->guid; <--- *
>> table = tmp_table->table;
>> }
>>
>> It blows up at that tmp_table->guid deref above. Singlestepping through
>> it with gdb shows:
>>
>> # arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c:114: guid = tmp_table->guid;
>> movq (%rdi), %rax # MEM[(struct efi_config_table_32_t *)config_tables_37].guid, guid
>> movq 8(%rdi), %rsi # MEM[(struct efi_config_table_32_t *)config_tables_37].guid, guid
>> # arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c:115: table = tmp_table->table;
>> movl 16(%rdi), %r10d # MEM[(struct efi_config_table_32_t *)config_tables_37].table, table
>> jmp .L30 #
>>
>> and %rdi has:
>>
>> rdi 0x630646870
>>
>> which is an address above 4G but we're using a 32-bit EFI BIOS.
>>
>> Which begs the question whether EFI system tables can even be mapped at
>> something above 4G with a 32-bit EFI and whether that could work ok.
>> Hmm.
>>
>> Lemme add Ard and mfleming for insight here.
>>
>
>-ENOCONTEXT, but let me try in any case:
>
>linux/efi.h has
>
>typedef struct {
> efi_guid_t guid;
> u32 table;
>} efi_config_table_32_t;
>
>so if we end up with more than 32 bits set in table, there is
>something seriously wrong.
>
>The size of efi_config_table_32_t deviates from efi_config_table_64_t,
>so you will have to ensure that you are using the correct stride when
>iterating over config_tables.

Here I use signature to judge it.
If the signature is EFI64_LOADER_SIGNATURE, I will use efi_config_table_64_t,
if the signature is EFI32_LOADER_SIGNATURE, I will use efi_config_table_32_t.
But the efi32 whose signature is EFI32_LOADER_SIGNATURE points to a
address above 4G, I am not sure whether this is normal and works well.

Thanks,
Chao Fan

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