From: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
To: dwmw@amazon.co.uk, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, ardb@kernel.org,
hpa@zytor.com
Cc: x86@kernel.org, apopple@nvidia.com, thuth@redhat.com,
nik.borisov@suse.com, kas@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-team@meta.com, Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>,
Michael van der Westhuizen <rmikey@meta.com>,
Tobias Fleig <tfleig@meta.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi/libstub: Fix page table access in 5-level to 4-level paging transition
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:55:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251028105637.769470-3-usamaarif642@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251028105637.769470-1-usamaarif642@gmail.com>
When transitioning from 5-level to 4-level paging, the existing code
incorrectly accesses page table entries by directly dereferencing CR3
and applying PAGE_MASK. This approach has several issues:
- __native_read_cr3() returns the raw CR3 register value, which on
x86_64 includes not just the physical address but also flags Bits
above the physical address width of the system (i.e. above
__PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT) are also not masked.
- The pgd value is masked by PAGE_SIZE which doesn't take into account
the higher bits such as _PAGE_BIT_NOPTISHADOW.
Replace this with proper accessor functions:
- native_read_cr3_pa(): Uses CR3_ADDR_MASK properly clearing SME encryption
bit and extracting only the physical address portion.
- mask pgd value with PTE_PFN_MASK instead of PAGE_MASK, accounting for
flags above physical address (_PAGE_BIT_NOPTISHADOW in particular).
Fixes: cb1c9e02b0c1 ("x86/efistub: Perform 4/5 level paging switch from the stub")
Co-developed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Michael van der Westhuizen <rmikey@meta.com>
Reported-by: Tobias Fleig <tfleig@meta.com>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c
index f1c5fb45d5f7c..36b4a611f6adf 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void efi_5level_switch(void)
bool have_la57 = native_read_cr4() & X86_CR4_LA57;
bool need_toggle = want_la57 ^ have_la57;
u64 *pgt = (void *)la57_toggle + PAGE_SIZE;
- u64 *cr3 = (u64 *)__native_read_cr3();
+ pgd_t *cr3 = (pgd_t *)native_read_cr3_pa();
u64 *new_cr3;
if (!la57_toggle || !need_toggle)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void efi_5level_switch(void)
new_cr3[0] = (u64)cr3 | _PAGE_TABLE_NOENC;
} else {
/* take the new root table pointer from the current entry #0 */
- new_cr3 = (u64 *)(cr3[0] & PAGE_MASK);
+ new_cr3 = (u64 *)(pgd_val(cr3[0]) & PTE_PFN_MASK);
/* copy the new root table if it is not 32-bit addressable */
if ((u64)new_cr3 > U32_MAX)
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-28 10:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-28 10:55 [PATCH v2 0/2] x86: Fix kexec 5-level to 4-level paging transition Usama Arif
2025-10-28 10:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/boot: Fix page table access in " Usama Arif
2025-10-31 15:51 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-28 10:55 ` Usama Arif [this message]
2025-10-31 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] efi/libstub: " Borislav Petkov
2025-10-31 14:43 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-10-31 15:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-10-28 13:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] x86: Fix kexec " Ard Biesheuvel
2025-10-29 20:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-10-30 10:23 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2025-10-31 12:29 ` Borislav Petkov
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