From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
"Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@igalia.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: honour EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES in the non-blocking paths
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:09:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260616-efi_timeout-v3-6-76dd1d26657b@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616-efi_timeout-v3-0-76dd1d26657b@debian.org>
Three wrappers call firmware directly instead of going through
__efi_queue_work(), and none of them check whether runtime services are
still enabled: virt_efi_set_variable_nb(),
virt_efi_query_variable_info_nb() and virt_efi_reset_system(). Once a
hang has cleared EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES - or efi_recover_from_page_fault()
has cleared it on a firmware page fault - these paths still enter the
(possibly wedged) firmware, e.g. an EFI pstore write through the
non-blocking SetVariable() variant, in violation of UEFI's
non-reentrancy rules. reset_system() is reachable too: efi_reboot()
only gates it on the static efi_rt_services_supported() mask, which does
not track the runtime disable.
Check efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES) in each before calling into
firmware. Test it after taking efi_runtime_lock rather than before: the
bit is only ever cleared at runtime while that lock is held, so checking
it under the lock avoids racing with a concurrent timeout that clears the
bit and drops the lock.
Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
index 2ec5cbdf46d07..2b0a7caf90944 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
@@ -480,6 +480,11 @@ virt_efi_set_variable_nb(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor, u32 attr,
if (down_trylock(&efi_runtime_lock))
return EFI_NOT_READY;
+ if (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) {
+ up(&efi_runtime_lock);
+ return EFI_DEVICE_ERROR;
+ }
+
efi_runtime_lock_owner = current;
status = efi_call_virt_pointer(efi.runtime, set_variable, name, vendor,
attr, data_size, data);
@@ -519,6 +524,11 @@ virt_efi_query_variable_info_nb(u32 attr, u64 *storage_space,
if (down_trylock(&efi_runtime_lock))
return EFI_NOT_READY;
+ if (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) {
+ up(&efi_runtime_lock);
+ return EFI_DEVICE_ERROR;
+ }
+
efi_runtime_lock_owner = current;
status = efi_call_virt_pointer(efi.runtime, query_variable_info, attr,
storage_space, remaining_space,
@@ -549,6 +559,12 @@ virt_efi_reset_system(int reset_type, efi_status_t status,
return;
}
+ if (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) {
+ pr_warn("EFI Runtime Services are disabled, not invoking reset_system()\n");
+ up(&efi_runtime_lock);
+ return;
+ }
+
efi_runtime_lock_owner = current;
arch_efi_call_virt_setup();
efi_rts_work.efi_rts_id = EFI_RESET_SYSTEM;
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-16 12:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-16 12:09 [PATCH v3 0/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: bound the wait for EFI runtime service calls Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] efi: fix stale reference to efi_recover_from_page_fault() Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: factor out efi_rts_park_worker() Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: handle queue_work() failure with goto exit Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: check EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES before using efi_rts_work Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: bound the wait for EFI runtime service calls Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: retire the worker if a wedged call ever returns Breno Leitao
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