[PATCH v3] powerpc: fix kexec failure on book3s/32
Aaro Koskinen
aaro.koskinen at iki.fi
Thu Jun 6 06:08:00 AEST 2019
Hi,
On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 08:20:28AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> In the old days, _PAGE_EXEC didn't exist on 6xx aka book3s/32.
> Therefore, allthough __mapin_ram_chunk() was already mapping kernel
> text with PAGE_KERNEL_TEXT and the rest with PAGE_KERNEL, the entire
> memory was executable. Part of the memory (first 512kbytes) was
> mapped with BATs instead of page table, but it was also entirely
> mapped as executable.
>
> In commit 385e89d5b20f ("powerpc/mm: add exec protection on
> powerpc 603"), we started adding exec protection to some 6xx, namely
> the 603, for pages mapped via pagetables.
>
> Then, in commit 63b2bc619565 ("powerpc/mm/32s: Use BATs for
> STRICT_KERNEL_RWX"), the exec protection was extended to BAT mapped
> memory, so that really only the kernel text could be executed.
>
> The problem here is that kexec is based on copying some code into
> upper part of memory then executing it from there in order to install
> a fresh new kernel at its definitive location.
>
> However, the code is position independant and first part of it is
> just there to deactivate the MMU and jump to the second part. So it
> is possible to run this first part inplace instead of running the
> copy. Once the MMU is off, there is no protection anymore and the
> second part of the code will just run as before.
>
> Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen at iki.fi>
> Fixes: 63b2bc619565 ("powerpc/mm/32s: Use BATs for STRICT_KERNEL_RWX")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
> ---
> Aaro, can you test this patch ? Thanks.
Tested-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen at iki.fi>
A.
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h | 3 +++
> arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c | 4 +++-
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
> index 4a585cba1787..c68476818753 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
> @@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ static inline bool kdump_in_progress(void)
> return crashing_cpu >= 0;
> }
>
> +void relocate_new_kernel(unsigned long indirection_page, unsigned long reboot_code_buffer,
> + unsigned long start_address) __noreturn;
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE
> extern const struct kexec_file_ops kexec_elf64_ops;
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
> index affe5dcce7f4..2b160d68db49 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
> @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ typedef void (*relocate_new_kernel_t)(
> */
> void default_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
> {
> - extern const unsigned char relocate_new_kernel[];
> extern const unsigned int relocate_new_kernel_size;
> unsigned long page_list;
> unsigned long reboot_code_buffer, reboot_code_buffer_phys;
> @@ -58,6 +57,9 @@ void default_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
> reboot_code_buffer + KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE);
> printk(KERN_INFO "Bye!\n");
>
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FSL_BOOKE) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_44x))
> + relocate_new_kernel(page_list, reboot_code_buffer_phys, image->start);
> +
> /* now call it */
> rnk = (relocate_new_kernel_t) reboot_code_buffer;
> (*rnk)(page_list, reboot_code_buffer_phys, image->start);
> --
> 2.13.3
>
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