Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: always map first physical page into EFI pagetables

[Jiri Kosina]

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On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Jiri Kosina wrote:

> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Commit 129766708 ("x86/efi: Only map RAM into EFI page tables if in 
> mixed-mode") stopped creating 1:1 mapping for all RAM in case of running 
> in native 64bit mode.
> 
> It turns out though that there are 64bit EFI implementations in the wild 
> (this particular problem has been reported on Lenovo Yoga 710-11IKB) which 
> still make use of first physical page for their own private use (which is 
> what legacy BIOS used to do, but EFI specification doesn't grant any such 
> right to EFI BIOS ... oh well).
> 
> In case there is no mapping for this particular frame in EFI pagetables, 
> as soon as firmware tries to make use of it, triple fault occurs and the 
> system reboots (in case of Yoga 710-11IKB this is very early during boot).
> 
> Fix that by always mapping the first page of physical memory into EFI 
> pagetables.
> 
> Note: just reverting 129766708 is not enough on v4.9-rc1+ to fix the 
> regression on affected hardware, as commit ab72a27da ("x86/efi: 
> Consolidate region mapping logic") later made the first physical frame not 
> to be mapped anyway.
> 
> Fixes: 129766708 ("x86/efi: Only map RAM into EFI page tables if in mixed-mode")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # v4.8+
> Cc: Waiman Long <waiman.long@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@xxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Hanka Pavlikova <hanka@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Thanks a lot to Matt for excellent hint how to debug EFI failures
> 
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
> index 319148b..02ae2ab 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
> @@ -269,6 +269,17 @@ int __init efi_setup_page_tables(unsigned long pa_memmap, unsigned num_pages)
>  	efi_scratch.use_pgd = true;
>  
>  	/*
> +	 * Certain firmware versions are way too sentimental and still believe
> +	 * they are exclusive and unquestionable owners of first physical page.
> +	 * Create 1:1 mapping for this page to avoid triple faults during early
> +	 * boot with such firmware.
> +	 */
> +	if (kernel_map_pages_in_pgd(pgd, 0x0, 0x0, 1, _PAGE_RW)) {
> +		pr_err("Failed to create 1:1 mapping of first page\n");
> +		return 1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
>  	 * When making calls to the firmware everything needs to be 1:1
>  	 * mapped and addressable with 32-bit pointers. Map the kernel
>  	 * text and allocate a new stack because we can't rely on the
> -- 
> Jiri Kosina
> SUSE Labs
> 
> 

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs