[PATCH v4 03/26] x86/boot: Set cr0 to known state in trampoline

From: Evgeniy Baskov
Date: Thu Dec 15 2022 - 07:39:00 EST


Ensure WP bit to be set to prevent boot code from writing to
non-writable memory pages.

Tested-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Baskov <baskov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index a75712991df3..9f2e8f50fc71 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -660,9 +660,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START(trampoline_32bit_src)
pushl $__KERNEL_CS
pushl %eax

- /* Enable paging again. */
- movl %cr0, %eax
- btsl $X86_CR0_PG_BIT, %eax
+ /* Enable paging and set CR0 to known state (this also sets WP flag) */
+ movl $CR0_STATE, %eax
movl %eax, %cr0

lret
--
2.37.4