For the 32-bit kernel, as described in
6d92bc9d48 ("x86/build: Build compressed x86 kernels as PIE"),
pre-2.26 binutils generates R_386_32 relocations in PIE mode. Since the
startup code does not perform relocation, any reloc entry with R_386_32
will remain as 0 in the executing code.
Commit
974f221c84 ("x86/boot: Move compressed kernel to the end of the
decompression buffer")
added a new symbol _end but did not mark it hidden, which doesn't give
the correct offset on older linkers. This causes the compressed kernel
to be copied beyond the end of the decompression buffer, rather than
flush against it. This region of memory may be reserved or already
allocated for other purposes by the bootloader.
Mark _end as hidden to fix. This changes the relocation from R_386_32 to
R_386_RELATIVE even on the pre-2.26 binutils.
For 64-bit, this is not strictly necessary, as the 64-bit kernel is only
built as PIE if the linker supports -z noreloc-overflow, which implies
binutils-2.27+, but for consistency, mark _end as hidden here too.
The below illustrates the before/after impact of the patch using
binutils-2.25 and gcc-4.6.4 (locally compiled from source) and QEMU.
Disassembly before patch:
48: 8b 86 60 02 00 00 mov 0x260(%esi),%eax
4e: 2d 00 00 00 00 sub $0x0,%eax
4f: R_386_32 _end
Disassembly after patch:
48: 8b 86 60 02 00 00 mov 0x260(%esi),%eax
4e: 2d 00 f0 76 00 sub $0x76f000,%eax
4f: R_386_RELATIVE *ABS*
Dump from extract_kernel before patch:
early console in extract_kernel
input_data: 0x0207c098 <--- this is at output + init_size
input_len: 0x0074fef1
output: 0x01000000
output_len: 0x00fa63d0
kernel_total_size: 0x0107c000
needed_size: 0x0107c000
Dump from extract_kernel after patch:
early console in extract_kernel
input_data: 0x0190d098 <--- this is at output + init_size - _end
input_len: 0x0074fef1
output: 0x01000000
output_len: 0x00fa63d0
kernel_total_size: 0x0107c000
needed_size: 0x0107c000
Fixes: 974f221c84 ("x86/boot: Move compressed kernel to the end of the decompression buffer")
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200207214926.3564079-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu
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