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x86/efi: Apply EFI Memory Attributes after kexec

Message ID 20241111214527.18289-1-nsaenz@amazon.com
State Accepted
Commit 21b1a7f7ae2f53c914f584a72a85cb4f71227e28
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Series x86/efi: Apply EFI Memory Attributes after kexec | expand

Commit Message

Nicolas Saenz Julienne Nov. 11, 2024, 9:45 p.m. UTC
Kexec bypasses EFI's switch to virtual mode. In exchange, it has its own
routine, kexec_enter_virtual_mode(), that replays the mappings made by
the original kernel. Unfortunately, the function fails to reinstate
EFI's memory attributes and runtime memory protections, which would've
otherwise been set after entering virtual mode. Remediate this by
calling efi_runtime_update_mappings() from it.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 18141e89a76c ("x86/efi: Add support for EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>

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Notes:
- I tested the Memory Attributes path using QEMU/OVMF.

- Although care is taken to make sure the memory backing the EFI Memory
  Attributes table is preserved during runtime and reachable after kexec
  (see efi_memattr_init()). I don't see the same happening for the EFI
  properties table. Maybe it's just unnecessary as there's an assumption
  that the table will fall in memory preserved during runtime? Or for
  another reason? Otherwise, we'd need to make sure it isn't possible to
  set EFI_NX_PE_DATA on kexec.

 arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 88a96816de9a..b9b17892c495 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@  static void __init kexec_enter_virtual_mode(void)
 
 	efi_sync_low_kernel_mappings();
 	efi_native_runtime_setup();
+	efi_runtime_update_mappings();
 #endif
 }