Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <20170906182247.GM5024@atomide.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 11:22:48 -0700
From: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/29] implement KASLR for ARM

* Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> [170906 11:05]:
> On 6 September 2017 at 18:53, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com> wrote:
> > * Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> [170906 10:31]:
> >> On 6 September 2017 at 18:12, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com> wrote:
> >> > Kernel image @ 0x81000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x426300 ]
> >> > ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 84000000
> >> >    Booting using the fdt blob at 0x84000000
> >> >    Loading Device Tree to 86feb000, end 86fff2d5 ... OK
> >> >
> >> > Starting kernel ...
> >> >
> >> > regions.image_size:00e00000
> >> > regions.pa_start:80000000
> >> > regions.pa_end:87200000
> >> > regions.zimage_start:81000000
> >> > regions.zimage_size:00437320
> >> > regions.dtb_start:86feb000
> >> > regions.dtb_size:00012000
> >> > regions.initrd_start:00000000
> >> > regions.initrd_size:00000000
> >> > num:00000028
> >> > num:00000025
> >> > *kaslr_offset:05e00000
> >> > Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
> >> > Warning: Neither atags nor dtb found
> >>
> >> OK, so in this case, 80000000 + 00e00000 + 05e00000 == 86c00000, which
> >> is still below the DTB, but apparently, it has corrupted it anyway.
> >>
> >> I will try to figure out what's going on here.
> >
> > Do you need to have kaslr_offset beyond the uncompressed
> > kernel size maybe?
> >
> 
> I think the problem is in the rounding of region.pa_start.
> 
> I have now changed this to
> 
> regions.image_size = image_base % SZ_128M + round_up(image_size, SZ_2M);
> regions.pa_start = round_down(image_base, SZ_128M);
...

> I have updated my arm-kaslr-v3 with all the fixes from this discussion
> (and more)

Looks like your branch at commit 5221c86ad2e7 still failed
after boot attempt #4, see below. Is that the right commit?

Regards,

Tony

8< -----------------
regions.zimage_size:004379e8
regions.dtb_start:86feb000
regions.dtb_size:00012000
regions.initrd_start:00000000
regions.initrd_size:00000000
count:00000028
num:00000025
*kaslr_offset:05e00000
Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
Warning: Neither atags nor dtb found

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.