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Message-ID: <20200930102722.00000bff@huawei.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:27:22 +0100
From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
CC: Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "Jason A . Donenfeld"
	<Jason@...c4.com>, Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>, "Kernel
 Hardening" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Catalin Marinas
	<catalin.marinas@....com>, ACPI Devel Maling List
	<linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, "Will
 Deacon" <will@...nel.org>, Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] arm64/acpi: disallow AML memory opregions to
 access kernel memory

On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:29:48 +0200
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 19:18, Jonathan Cameron
> <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:49:35 +0200
> > Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:
> >  
> > > On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 18:02, Jonathan Cameron
> > > <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com> wrote:  
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:58:31 +0200
> > > > Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > > AML uses SystemMemory opregions to allow AML handlers to access MMIO
> > > > > registers of, e.g., GPIO controllers, or access reserved regions of
> > > > > memory that are owned by the firmware.
> > > > >
> > > > > Currently, we also allow AML access to memory that is owned by the
> > > > > kernel and mapped via the linear region, which does not seem to be
> > > > > supported by a valid use case, and exposes the kernel's internal
> > > > > state to AML methods that may be buggy and exploitable.
> > > > >
> > > > > On arm64, ACPI support requires booting in EFI mode, and so we can cross
> > > > > reference the requested region against the EFI memory map, rather than
> > > > > just do a minimal check on the first page. So let's only permit regions
> > > > > to be remapped by the ACPI core if
> > > > > - they don't appear in the EFI memory map at all (which is the case for
> > > > >   most MMIO), or
> > > > > - they are covered by a single region in the EFI memory map, which is not
> > > > >   of a type that describes memory that is given to the kernel at boot.
> > > > >
> > > > > Reported-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>  
> > > >
> > > > Hi Ard,
> > > >
> > > > Ran into a problem with this one. See below
> > > >  
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h | 15 +----
> > > > >  arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c      | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >  2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
> > > > > index a45366c3909b..bd68e1b7f29f 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
> > > > > @@ -47,20 +47,7 @@
> > > > >  pgprot_t __acpi_get_mem_attribute(phys_addr_t addr);
> > > > >
> > > > >  /* ACPI table mapping after acpi_permanent_mmap is set */
> > > > > -static inline void __iomem *acpi_os_ioremap(acpi_physical_address phys,
> > > > > -                                         acpi_size size)
> > > > > -{
> > > > > -     /* For normal memory we already have a cacheable mapping. */
> > > > > -     if (memblock_is_map_memory(phys))
> > > > > -             return (void __iomem *)__phys_to_virt(phys);
> > > > > -
> > > > > -     /*
> > > > > -      * We should still honor the memory's attribute here because
> > > > > -      * crash dump kernel possibly excludes some ACPI (reclaim)
> > > > > -      * regions from memblock list.
> > > > > -      */
> > > > > -     return __ioremap(phys, size, __acpi_get_mem_attribute(phys));
> > > > > -}
> > > > > +void __iomem *acpi_os_ioremap(acpi_physical_address phys, acpi_size size);
> > > > >  #define acpi_os_ioremap acpi_os_ioremap
> > > > >
> > > > >  typedef u64 phys_cpuid_t;
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
> > > > > index a7586a4db142..01b861e225b0 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
> > > > > @@ -261,6 +261,72 @@ pgprot_t __acpi_get_mem_attribute(phys_addr_t addr)
> > > > >       return __pgprot(PROT_DEVICE_nGnRnE);
> > > > >  }
> > > > >
> > > > > +void __iomem *acpi_os_ioremap(acpi_physical_address phys, acpi_size size)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +     efi_memory_desc_t *md, *region = NULL;
> > > > > +     pgprot_t prot;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!efi_enabled(EFI_MEMMAP)))
> > > > > +             return NULL;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) {
> > > > > +             u64 end = md->phys_addr + (md->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +             if (phys < md->phys_addr || phys >= end)
> > > > > +                     continue;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +             if (phys + size > end) {
> > > > > +                     pr_warn(FW_BUG "requested region covers multiple EFI memory regions\n");
> > > > > +                     return NULL;
> > > > > +             }
> > > > > +             region = md;
> > > > > +             break;
> > > > > +     }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     /*
> > > > > +      * It is fine for AML to remap regions that are not represented in the
> > > > > +      * EFI memory map at all, as it only describes normal memory, and MMIO
> > > > > +      * regions that require a virtual mapping to make them accessible to
> > > > > +      * the EFI runtime services.
> > > > > +      */
> > > > > +     prot = __pgprot(PROT_DEVICE_nGnRnE);
> > > > > +     if (region) {
> > > > > +             switch (region->type) {
> > > > > +             case EFI_LOADER_CODE:
> > > > > +             case EFI_LOADER_DATA:  
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately this seems to have broken overriding of ACPI tables from an initrd.
> > > > My particular test environment is qemu + EDK2.
> > > >
> > > > It only has obvious visible affect on tables that are used late in the boot such as PPTT
> > > > as they get dropped before they are used.
> > > >
> > > > These are read after ACPICA is initialized and acpi_reallocate_root_table()
> > > > has been called.  The back trace is:
> > > >
> > > > acpi_os_ioremap+0xfc/0x288
> > > > acpi_os_map_iomem+0xc4/0x188
> > > > acpi_os_map_memory+0x18/0x28
> > > > acpi_tb_acquire_table+0x54/0x8c
> > > > acpi_tb_validate_table+0x34/0x5c
> > > > acpi_tb_validate_temp_table+0x34/0x40
> > > > acpi_tb_verify_temp_table+0x48/0x250
> > > > acpi_reallocate_root_table+0x12c/0x160
> > > >
> > > > Seems that the table is in a region of type EFI_LOADER_DATA.
> > > >
> > > > I don't really know enough about this area to be sure what the right fix is or
> > > > even whether this is a kernel issue, or one that should be fixed elsewhere in
> > > > the stack.
> > > >
> > > > For now I'm just carry a hack that treats EFI_LOADER_DATA in the same fashion as
> > > > EFI_ACPI_RECLAIM_MEMORY below.
> > > >
> > > > What's the right way to fix this?
> > > >  
> > >
> > > Hi Jonathan,
> > >
> > > That is an excellent question.
> > >
> > > The purpose of this change is to ensure that firmware cannot
> > > manipulate the internal state of the kernel. So as long as we can
> > > ensure that this memory is not claimed by the kernel's memory
> > > subsystem, we should be fine.
> > >
> > > Since this is an obvious debug feature, what we could do is reserve
> > > this memory permanently in some way, and make the test take this into
> > > account.  
> >
> > Whilst it is a debug feature, I wonder if it gets shipped in production
> > hardware.  If not, could be we cynical and just drop the check if the
> > relevant config option is enabled?
> >
> > Perhaps just don't release the EFI_LOADER_DATA for other use? (if
> > this option is enabled only)
> >  
> > >
> > > Do you have a full stack trace? How early does this run?  
> >
> > For the place where it first occurs, ie the trace above, the acpi_reallocate_root_table() is
> > the call from acpi_early_init() from start_kernel().
> >
> > We hit the table a lot during later calls though and hence would run into the
> > same problem.
> >  
> 
> Could you try the patch below? Since the memory holding the tables is
> already memblock_reserve()d, we can just mark it NOMAP, and permit r/o
> remapping of NOMAP regions.

Looks good.  Thanks.

Tested-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>


> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
> index a85174d05473..84da869c5ac4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
> @@ -298,8 +298,11 @@ void __iomem
> *acpi_os_ioremap(acpi_physical_address phys, acpi_size size)
>                 case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA:
>                 case EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY:
>                 case EFI_PERSISTENT_MEMORY:
> -                       pr_warn(FW_BUG "requested region covers kernel
> memory @ %pa\n", &phys);
> -                       return NULL;
> +                       if (memblock_is_map_memory(phys)) {
> +                               pr_warn(FW_BUG "requested region
> covers kernel memory @ %pa\n", &phys);
> +                               return NULL;
> +                       }
> +                       fallthrough;
> 
>                 case EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE:
>                         /*
> @@ -388,3 +391,8 @@ int apei_claim_sea(struct pt_regs *regs)
> 
>         return err;
>  }
> +
> +void arch_reserve_mem_area(acpi_physical_address addr, size_t size)
> +{
> +       memblock_mark_nomap(addr, size);
> +}
> diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
> index 1e4cdc6c7ae2..64ae25c59d55 100644
> --- a/include/linux/acpi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
> @@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ void acpi_os_set_prepare_extended_sleep(int
> (*func)(u8 sleep_state,
>  acpi_status acpi_os_prepare_extended_sleep(u8 sleep_state,
>                                            u32 val_a, u32 val_b);
> 
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86
> +#ifndef CONFIG_IA64
>  void arch_reserve_mem_area(acpi_physical_address addr, size_t size);
>  #else
>  static inline void arch_reserve_mem_area(acpi_physical_address addr,

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