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

From: Gary Lin
Date: Tue Apr 18 2017 - 00:10:51 EST

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On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 11:09:38AM -0700, Roy Franz (HPE) wrote:
> 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.
>
Agree. Since HPA has the concern about using the PE/COFF header, I just
raised the issue to UEFI forum and wait for the response. I'll update the
patch and document after sorting out the problem.

Thanks,

Gary Lin

> 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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