[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [PATCH] x86/boot: Fix PVH boot during boot_info transition period
multiboot_fill_boot_info() taking the physical address of the multiboot_info structure leads to a subtle use-after-free on the PVH path, with rather less subtle fallout. The pointers used by __start_xen(), mbi and mod, are either: - MB: Directmap pointers into the trampoline, or - PVH: Xen pointers into .initdata, or - EFI: Directmap pointers into Xen. Critically, these either remain valid across move_xen() (MB, PVH), or rely on move_xen() being inhibited (EFI). The conversion to multiboot_fill_boot_info(), taking only mbi_p, makes the PVH path use directmap pointers into Xen, as well as move_xen() which invalidates said pointers. Switch multiboot_fill_boot_info() to consume the same virtual addresses that __start_xen() currently uses. This keeps all the pointers valid for the duration of __start_xen(), for all boot protocols. It can be safely untangled once multiboot_fill_boot_info() takes a full copy the multiboot info data, and __start_xen() has been moved over to using the new boot_info consistently. Right now, bi->{loader,cmdline,mods} are problematic. Nothing uses bi->mods[], and nothing uses bi->cmdline after move_xen(). bi->loader is used after move_xen(), although only for cmdline_cook() of dom0's cmdline, where it happens to be benign because PVH boot skips the inspection of the bootloader name. Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Daniel P. Smith <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This is more proof that Xen only boots by accident. It certainly isn't by any kind of design. https://gitlab.com/xen-project/people/andyhhp/xen/-/pipelines/1506947472 including the pending work to add a PVShim test This is the least-invasive fix given the rest of the Hyperlaunch series. A different option would to introduce EFI and PVH forms of multiboot_fill_boot_info(), but that would involve juggling even more moving parts during the transition period. --- xen/arch/x86/setup.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/setup.c b/xen/arch/x86/setup.c index db670258d650..e43b56d4e80f 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/setup.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/setup.c @@ -283,11 +283,10 @@ struct boot_info __initdata xen_boot_info = { .cmdline = "", }; -static struct boot_info *__init multiboot_fill_boot_info(unsigned long mbi_p) +static struct boot_info *__init multiboot_fill_boot_info( + multiboot_info_t *mbi, module_t *mods) { struct boot_info *bi = &xen_boot_info; - const multiboot_info_t *mbi = __va(mbi_p); - module_t *mods = __va(mbi->mods_addr); unsigned int i; if ( mbi->flags & MBI_MODULES ) @@ -1065,15 +1064,31 @@ void asmlinkage __init noreturn __start_xen(unsigned long mbi_p) { ASSERT(mbi_p == 0); pvh_init(&mbi, &mod); - mbi_p = __pa(mbi); + /* + * mbi and mod are regular pointers to .initdata. These remain valid + * across move_xen(). + */ } else { mbi = __va(mbi_p); mod = __va(mbi->mods_addr); + + /* + * For MB1/2, mbi and mod are directmap pointers into the trampoline. + * These remain valid across move_xen(). + * + * For EFI, these are directmap pointers into the Xen image. They do + * not remain valid across move_xen(). EFI boot only functions + * because a non-zero xen_phys_start inhibits move_xen(). + * + * Don't be fooled by efi_arch_post_exit_boot() passing "D" (&mbi). + * This is a EFI physical-mode (i.e. identity map) pointer. + */ + ASSERT(mbi_p < MB(1) || xen_phys_start); } - bi = multiboot_fill_boot_info(mbi_p); + bi = multiboot_fill_boot_info(mbi, mod); /* Parse the command-line options. */ if ( (kextra = strstr(bi->cmdline, " -- ")) != NULL ) base-commit: 49a068471d77820af5dac5ad062cde7129e3faae prerequisite-patch-id: 4ada23fb7ca505d30d9c41e23583d5db5ed95bec prerequisite-patch-id: 2427c5681fce868938a85f8d70de7adb31f731a7 prerequisite-patch-id: 99b7107cd0d8a7675ebd30cf788e550fda4e9cfb prerequisite-patch-id: 795f6e9425cc6a953166b530ae68df466a7a3c2b -- 2.39.5
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