From: Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>,
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Ard Biesheuvel
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mm: warn on W+x mappings
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:17:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151012141754.GA6621@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151012125548.GE2579-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
* Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct, at 02:49:36PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> >
> > So why not unmap them after bootup? Is there any reason to call into EFI code
> > while the system is up and running?
>
> That's where the runtime services code lives. So if you want things like EFI
> variables (used by the distro installer, among other things) you need to map the
> runtime regions.
So EFI variables could be queried during bootup and saved on the Linux side.
Calling into firmware after the kernel has booted up is fragile in general -
beyond W+X the security considerations.
Thanks,
Ingo
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