Re: [PATCH V34 07/29] Copy secure_boot flag in boot params across kexec reboot

[Kees Cook]

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 05:03:36PM -0700, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> From: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Kexec reboot in case secure boot being enabled does not keep the secure
> boot mode in new kernel, so later one can load unsigned kernel via legacy
> kexec_load.  In this state, the system is missing the protections provided
> by secure boot.
> 
> Adding a patch to fix this by retain the secure_boot flag in original
> kernel.
> 
> secure_boot flag in boot_params is set in EFI stub, but kexec bypasses the
> stub.  Fixing this issue by copying secure_boot flag across kexec reboot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> index 22f60dd26460..4243359ac509 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ setup_efi_state(struct boot_params *params, unsigned long params_load_addr,
>  	if (efi_enabled(EFI_OLD_MEMMAP))
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	params->secure_boot = boot_params.secure_boot;
>  	ei->efi_loader_signature = current_ei->efi_loader_signature;
>  	ei->efi_systab = current_ei->efi_systab;
>  	ei->efi_systab_hi = current_ei->efi_systab_hi;
> -- 
> 2.22.0.410.gd8fdbe21b5-goog
> 

-- 
Kees Cook