Re: [PATCH v2] efi: Config options to assign versions in the PE-COFF header

From: Roy Franz (HPE)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2017 - 14:09:46 EST


On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 12:47 AM, Gary Lin <glin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 08:26:04AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> On 13 April 2017 at 04:58, Gary Lin <glin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > This commit adds the new config options to allow the user to modify the
>> > following fields in the PE-COFF header.
>> >
>> > UINT16 MajorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > UINT16 MinorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > UINT16 MajorImageVersion
>> > UINT16 MinorImageVersion
>> >
>> > Those fields are mainly for the executables or libraries in Windows NT
>> > or higher to specify the minimum supported Windows version and the
>> > version of the image itself.
>> >
>> > Given the fact that those fields are ignored in UEFI, we can safely reuse
>> > those fields for other purposes, e.g. Security Version(*).
>> >
>> > (*) https://github.com/lcp/shim/wiki/Security-Version
>> >
>> > v2 changes:
>> > - Modify the header direct instead of using an external script as
>> > suggested by Ard Biesheuvel
>> > - Include arm and arm64
>> >
>>
>> Thanks for the update. Could we put the Kconfig changes in
>> drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig, rather than duplicating them 3 times?
>
> Sure. Will send a v3 to update Kconfig.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary Lin

I think it would be nice to have a comment in the code (or maybe help
in the kconfig, or Documentation/efi-stub.txt) that indicates the
expected use of these variables, as the field names and PE/COFF spec
won't help here.

Thanks,
Roy

>
>>
>> > Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Joey Lee <jlee@xxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@xxxxxxx>
>> > Signed-off-by: Gary Lin <glin@xxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > arch/arm/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > arch/arm/boot/compressed/efi-header.S | 8 ++++----
>> > arch/arm64/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 8 ++++----
>> > arch/x86/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > arch/x86/boot/header.S | 8 ++++----
>> > 6 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> > index 0d4e71b42c77..4965ad2ccc23 100644
>> > --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> > +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> > @@ -2090,6 +2090,30 @@ config EFI
>> > is only useful for kernels that may run on systems that have
>> > UEFI firmware.
>> >
>> > +config EFI_MAJOR_OS
>> > + hex "EFI Major OS Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MINOR_OS
>> > + hex "EFI Minor OS Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MAJOR_IMAGE
>> > + hex "EFI Major Image Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MINOR_IMAGE
>> > + hex "EFI Minor Image Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > endmenu
>> >
>> > menu "CPU Power Management"
>> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/efi-header.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/efi-header.S
>> > index 9d5dc4fda3c1..67715472a76f 100644
>> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/efi-header.S
>> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/efi-header.S
>> > @@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ extra_header_fields:
>> > .long 0 @ ImageBase
>> > .long 0x200 @ SectionAlignment
>> > .long 0x200 @ FileAlignment
>> > - .short 0 @ MajorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > - .short 0 @ MinorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > - .short 0 @ MajorImageVersion
>> > - .short 0 @ MinorImageVersion
>> > + .short CONFIG_EFI_MAJOR_OS @ MajorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > + .short CONFIG_EFI_MINOR_OS @ MinorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > + .short CONFIG_EFI_MAJOR_IMAGE @ MajorImageVersion
>> > + .short CONFIG_EFI_MINOR_IMAGE @ MinorImageVersion
>> > .short 0 @ MajorSubsystemVersion
>> > .short 0 @ MinorSubsystemVersion
>> > .long 0 @ Win32VersionValue
>> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> > index 3741859765cf..c782c422e58c 100644
>> > --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> > +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> > @@ -1033,6 +1033,30 @@ config EFI
>> > allow the kernel to be booted as an EFI application. This
>> > is only useful on systems that have UEFI firmware.
>> >
>> > +config EFI_MAJOR_OS
>> > + hex "EFI Major OS Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MINOR_OS
>> > + hex "EFI Minor OS Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MAJOR_IMAGE
>> > + hex "EFI Major Image Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MINOR_IMAGE
>> > + hex "EFI Minor Image Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > config DMI
>> > bool "Enable support for SMBIOS (DMI) tables"
>> > depends on EFI
>> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> > index 4fb6ccd886d1..9faa4b04d0ef 100644
>> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> > @@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ extra_header_fields:
>> > .quad 0 // ImageBase
>> > .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment
>> > .long PECOFF_FILE_ALIGNMENT // FileAlignment
>> > - .short 0 // MajorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > - .short 0 // MinorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > - .short 0 // MajorImageVersion
>> > - .short 0 // MinorImageVersion
>> > + .short CONFIG_EFI_MAJOR_OS // MajorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > + .short CONFIG_EFI_MINOR_OS // MinorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > + .short CONFIG_EFI_MAJOR_IMAGE // MajorImageVersion
>> > + .short CONFIG_EFI_MINOR_IMAGE // MinorImageVersion
>> > .short 0 // MajorSubsystemVersion
>> > .short 0 // MinorSubsystemVersion
>> > .long 0 // Win32VersionValue
>> > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> > index 5bbdef151805..233933fde7dd 100644
>> > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> > @@ -1803,6 +1803,30 @@ config EFI_STUB
>> >
>> > See Documentation/efi-stub.txt for more information.
>> >
>> > +config EFI_MAJOR_OS
>> > + hex "EFI Major OS Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MINOR_OS
>> > + hex "EFI Minor OS Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MAJOR_IMAGE
>> > + hex "EFI Major Image Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > +config EFI_MINOR_IMAGE
>> > + hex "EFI Minor Image Version"
>> > + range 0x0 0xFFFF
>> > + default "0x0"
>> > + depends on EFI_STUB
>> > +
>> > config EFI_MIXED
>> > bool "EFI mixed-mode support"
>> > depends on EFI_STUB && X86_64
>> > diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
>> > index 3dd5be33aaa7..863813007207 100644
>> > --- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
>> > +++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
>> > @@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ extra_header_fields:
>> > #endif
>> > .long 0x20 # SectionAlignment
>> > .long 0x20 # FileAlignment
>> > - .word 0 # MajorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > - .word 0 # MinorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > - .word 0 # MajorImageVersion
>> > - .word 0 # MinorImageVersion
>> > + .word CONFIG_EFI_MAJOR_OS # MajorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > + .word CONFIG_EFI_MINOR_OS # MinorOperatingSystemVersion
>> > + .word CONFIG_EFI_MAJOR_IMAGE # MajorImageVersion
>> > + .word CONFIG_EFI_MINOR_IMAGE # MinorImageVersion
>> > .word 0 # MajorSubsystemVersion
>> > .word 0 # MinorSubsystemVersion
>> > .long 0 # Win32VersionValue
>> > --
>> > 2.12.0
>> >
>>
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