[RFC PATCH 2/3] efi/loongarch: Randomize kernel preferred address for KASLR
From: WANG Rui
Date: Sun Apr 26 2026 - 08:03:14 EST
Introduce efi_get_kimg_kaslr_address() to compute the preferred
kernel image address dynamically when CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is
enabled. The function derives a random offset using EFI-provided
randomness combined with the timer value, and constrains it within
CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET.
Update EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS to call this helper so that the
EFI stub can select a randomized load address when KASLR is active,
while preserving the original base address behavior when KASLR is
disabled or nokaslr is specified.
Signed-off-by: WANG Rui <r@xxxxxx>
---
arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h | 4 +++-
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h
index eddc8e79b3fa..f831320efd41 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static inline unsigned long efi_get_kimg_min_align(void)
return SZ_2M;
}
-#define EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS PHYSADDR(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS)
+unsigned long efi_get_kimg_kaslr_address(void);
+
+#define EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS efi_get_kimg_kaslr_address()
#endif /* _ASM_LOONGARCH_EFI_H */
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c
index 9825f5218137..80ba7d69e1b3 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ static efi_status_t exit_boot_func(struct efi_boot_memmap *map, void *priv)
return EFI_SUCCESS;
}
+unsigned long efi_get_kimg_kaslr_address(void)
+{
+ unsigned int random_offset = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
+ if (!efi_nokaslr) {
+ efi_get_random_bytes(sizeof(random_offset), (u8 *)&random_offset);
+ random_offset ^= (rdtime_l() << 16);
+ random_offset &= (CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET - 1);
+ }
+#endif
+
+ return PHYSADDR(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS) + random_offset;
+}
+
unsigned long __weak kernel_entry_address(unsigned long kernel_addr,
efi_loaded_image_t *image)
{
--
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