From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> To: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-I+IVW8TIWO2tmTQ+vhA3Yw@public.gmane.org Cc: matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org, leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> Subject: [PATCH v2 0/7] ARM: efi: PE/COFF cleanup/hardening Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:18:42 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20170629081849.15081-1-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> (raw) This is the ARM counterpart of the changes now in v4.12 to clean up the PE/COFF header (which makes the kernel zImage loadable directly from UEFI), and to enhance it with hardening and debug features. Russell: patches #4 - #7 need your ack before I can take them via the EFI tree. Please let me know if you have any objections, either to the patches themselves, or to them going via another tree. Thanks. v1 blurb: First of all, the cleanup consists of making the header comply with the PE/COFF spec (#1), removing the .reloc section (#2) and replacing all open coded constants with #defines from linux/pe.h (#3) Patch #4 is a standalone patch that removes ksymtab/kcrctab sections that may get pulled in inadvertently when the decompressor is built with EFI support. Note that these sections are tiny and harmless by themselves, but the linker may dump them in unexpected places if they are not placed explicitly, which may interfere with the image layout. This is especially important when signing zImages for UEFI secure boot. Patch #5 changes the description of the decompressor in memory, so that the UEFI firmware can apply strict ro/nx protections, resulting in a more secure execution environment for the UEFI stub. Patch #6 splits the decompressor .start and .text output sections, so that the ELF view aligns with the PE/COFF view of the binary. This is necessary for patch #7 to work as expected. Patch #7 enhances the decompressor binary with a NB10 Codeview debug entry referring to the path to arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux on the build host. This is a debug feature that allows seamless source level single step debugging of the UEFI stub while executing in the context of the firmware. v2: - rebase onto v4.12-rc7+ - simplify #3 Ard Biesheuvel (7): arm: efi: remove forbidden values from the PE/COFF header arm: efi: remove pointless dummy .reloc section arm: efi: replace open coded constants with symbolic ones arm: compressed: discard ksymtab/kcrctab sections arm: efi: split zImage code and data into separate PE/COFF sections arm: compressed: put zImage header and EFI header in dedicated section arm: efi: add PE/COFF debug table to EFI header arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 4 + arch/arm/boot/compressed/efi-header.S | 214 ++++++++++++-------- arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 39 +++- 3 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) -- 2.9.3
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From: ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org (Ard Biesheuvel) To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH v2 0/7] ARM: efi: PE/COFF cleanup/hardening Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:18:42 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20170629081849.15081-1-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> (raw) This is the ARM counterpart of the changes now in v4.12 to clean up the PE/COFF header (which makes the kernel zImage loadable directly from UEFI), and to enhance it with hardening and debug features. Russell: patches #4 - #7 need your ack before I can take them via the EFI tree. Please let me know if you have any objections, either to the patches themselves, or to them going via another tree. Thanks. v1 blurb: First of all, the cleanup consists of making the header comply with the PE/COFF spec (#1), removing the .reloc section (#2) and replacing all open coded constants with #defines from linux/pe.h (#3) Patch #4 is a standalone patch that removes ksymtab/kcrctab sections that may get pulled in inadvertently when the decompressor is built with EFI support. Note that these sections are tiny and harmless by themselves, but the linker may dump them in unexpected places if they are not placed explicitly, which may interfere with the image layout. This is especially important when signing zImages for UEFI secure boot. Patch #5 changes the description of the decompressor in memory, so that the UEFI firmware can apply strict ro/nx protections, resulting in a more secure execution environment for the UEFI stub. Patch #6 splits the decompressor .start and .text output sections, so that the ELF view aligns with the PE/COFF view of the binary. This is necessary for patch #7 to work as expected. Patch #7 enhances the decompressor binary with a NB10 Codeview debug entry referring to the path to arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux on the build host. This is a debug feature that allows seamless source level single step debugging of the UEFI stub while executing in the context of the firmware. v2: - rebase onto v4.12-rc7+ - simplify #3 Ard Biesheuvel (7): arm: efi: remove forbidden values from the PE/COFF header arm: efi: remove pointless dummy .reloc section arm: efi: replace open coded constants with symbolic ones arm: compressed: discard ksymtab/kcrctab sections arm: efi: split zImage code and data into separate PE/COFF sections arm: compressed: put zImage header and EFI header in dedicated section arm: efi: add PE/COFF debug table to EFI header arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 4 + arch/arm/boot/compressed/efi-header.S | 214 ++++++++++++-------- arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 39 +++- 3 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) -- 2.9.3
next reply other threads:[~2017-06-29 8:18 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2017-06-29 8:18 Ard Biesheuvel [this message] 2017-06-29 8:18 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] ARM: efi: PE/COFF cleanup/hardening Ard Biesheuvel [not found] ` <20170629081849.15081-1-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> 2017-06-29 8:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] arm: efi: remove forbidden values from the PE/COFF header Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] arm: efi: remove pointless dummy .reloc section Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] arm: efi: replace open coded constants with symbolic ones Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] arm: compressed: discard ksymtab/kcrctab sections Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] arm: efi: split zImage code and data into separate PE/COFF sections Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel [not found] ` <20170629081849.15081-6-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 13:50 ` Gregory CLEMENT 2017-09-08 13:50 ` Gregory CLEMENT [not found] ` <87r2vhs3il.fsf-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 13:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-09-08 13:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel [not found] ` <CAKv+Gu9DVRE6jGEvdkfWwaJDhmTeaF2-CMi=JdFx3GS2Qqdy3A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 14:28 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-09-08 14:28 ` Ard Biesheuvel [not found] ` <CAKv+Gu9UF7-Dyjijvbc97yEF6zehQMyjOcV=RxFEJkNEebakUw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 14:33 ` Gregory CLEMENT 2017-09-08 14:33 ` Gregory CLEMENT [not found] ` <87mv65s1iu.fsf-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 14:48 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-09-08 14:48 ` Ard Biesheuvel [not found] ` <CAKv+Gu8e49ZmB6X=H2vE_dw1HA3CyOq0GN7cZOYJ+JpkTftGWA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 14:56 ` Gregory CLEMENT 2017-09-08 14:56 ` Gregory CLEMENT [not found] ` <87efrhs0gj.fsf-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 14:57 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-09-08 14:57 ` Ard Biesheuvel [not found] ` <CAKv+Gu8Aa7Y8SK2nJM2DXZzHbzZT6aq2Rt1wsgaLwz7_C3otJA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 15:11 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-09-08 15:11 ` Ard Biesheuvel [not found] ` <CAKv+Gu8hcT=_1iF4gaS==uGQWAb9-i0Y=XJ-MqgfQQyn1RmGtQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 15:17 ` Gregory CLEMENT 2017-09-08 15:17 ` Gregory CLEMENT [not found] ` <87a825rzio.fsf-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> 2017-09-08 15:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-09-08 15:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] arm: compressed: put zImage header and EFI header in dedicated section Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] arm: efi: add PE/COFF debug table to EFI header Ard Biesheuvel 2017-06-29 8:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel
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