From: Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@gmail.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: "Frediano Ziglio" <frediano.ziglio@cloud.com>,
"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
"Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>,
"Teddy Astie" <teddy.astie@vates.tech>,
"Marek Marczykowski-Górecki" <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>,
"Frediano Ziglio" <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 4/5] x86: Split .init section to satisfy UEFI CA memory mitigation
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:36:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260626123645.229375-5-frediano.ziglio@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260626123645.229375-1-frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>
From: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@cloud.com>
Currently .init section is both writeable and executable, split data and code
to have 2 sections satisfying W^X rule.
It is a requirement for NX_COMPAT so the PE can be loaded with W^X perms
in the pagetables.
NX_COMPAT is a requirement from shim-review,
https://github.com/rhboot/shim-review#do-you-have-the-nx-bit-set-in-your-shim-if-so-is-your-entire-boot-stack-nx-compatible-and-what-testing-have-you-done-to-ensure-such-compatibility
Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
--
Change since v1:
- update comment style.
Changes since v3:
- Added Acked-by.
Changes since v4:
- Added Acked-by.
---
xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S | 12 ++++--------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
index 88553513a9..70678ab83c 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
@@ -195,11 +195,7 @@ SECTIONS
__2M_init_start = .; /* Start of 2M superpages, mapped RWX (boot only). */
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); /* Init code and data */
__init_begin = .;
-#ifdef EFI /* EFI wants to merge all of .init.* ELF doesn't. */
- DECL_SECTION(.init) {
-#else
DECL_SECTION(.init.text) {
-#endif
_sinittext = .;
*(.init.multiboot)
*(.init.text)
@@ -212,12 +208,12 @@ SECTIONS
*/
*(.altinstr_replacement)
-#ifdef EFI /* EFI wants to merge all of .init.* ELF doesn't. */
- . = ALIGN(SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
-#else
} PHDR(text)
- DECL_SECTION(.init.data) {
+#ifdef EFI
+ /* Align to satisfy UEFI CA memory mitigation. */
+ . = ALIGN(SECTION_ALIGN);
#endif
+ DECL_SECTION(.init.data) {
*(.init.bss.stack_aligned)
*(.init.data.page_aligned)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-26 12:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-26 12:36 [PATCH v5 0/5] Various patches to improve Secure Boot support Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-26 12:36 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] Align relevant sections to 4KB Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-26 12:36 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] x86/efi: discard multiboot and PVH support for PE binary Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-29 13:00 ` Jan Beulich
2026-06-26 12:36 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] x86/efi: avoid a relocation in efi_arch_post_exit_boot() Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-30 13:12 ` Roger Pau Monné
2026-06-26 12:36 ` Frediano Ziglio [this message]
2026-06-26 12:36 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] x86/boot: Exclude not used string Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-29 13:59 ` Jan Beulich
2026-06-30 11:06 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-06-30 11:33 ` Jan Beulich
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