[PATCH 2/3] arm64: efi: Ensure efi_create_mapping() does not map overlapping regions

[catalin.marinas@arm.com (Catalin Marinas)]

On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 06:09:50PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 11:43:01AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > On 31 May 2016 at 17:14, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
> > > index 78f52488f9ff..0d5753c31c7f 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
> > > @@ -62,10 +62,26 @@ struct screen_info screen_info __section(.data);
> > >  int __init efi_create_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md)
> > >  {
> > >         pteval_t prot_val = create_mapping_protection(md);
> > > +       phys_addr_t length = md->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > +       efi_memory_desc_t *next = md;
> > >
> > > -       create_pgd_mapping(mm, md->phys_addr, md->virt_addr,
> > > -                          md->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT,
> > > -                          __pgprot(prot_val | PTE_NG));
> > > +       /*
> > > +        * Search for the next EFI runtime map and check for any overlap with
> > > +        * the current map when aligned to PAGE_SIZE. In such case, defer
> > > +        * mapping the end of the current range until the next
> > > +        * efi_create_mapping() call.
> > > +        */
> > > +       for_each_efi_memory_desc_continue(next) {
> > > +               if (!(next->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME))
> > > +                       continue;
> > > +               if (next->phys_addr < PAGE_ALIGN(md->phys_addr + length))
> > > +                       length -= (md->phys_addr + length) & ~PAGE_MASK;
> > 
> > This looks fishy. We could have more than two runtime regions sharing
> > a 64 KB page frame, for instance, and the middle regions will have
> > unaligned start and end addresses, and sizes smaller than 64 KB. This
> > subtraction may wrap in that case, producing a bogus length.
> 
> I don't think I get it. This subtraction is meant to reduce the length
> of the current md so that it is page aligned, deferring the mapping of
> the last page to the next efi_create_mapping() call. Note that there is
> a "break" just after the hunk you quoted, so we only care about the next
> runtime map.

I think I get it now. If the md we are currently mapping is within a
64KB page *and* phys_addr unaligned, length can wrap through 0. I will
update the patch.

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Catalin