* [PATCH] lkdtm: Add case to provoke a crash in EFI runtime services
@ 2026-05-01 17:01 Ard Biesheuvel
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From: Ard Biesheuvel @ 2026-05-01 17:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: linux-efi, kees, ebiggers, Ard Biesheuvel
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Add a lkdtm test case that triggers a fault during the execution of a
EFI runtime service by passing a read-only variable as a by-ref argument
that the firmware is supposed to update.
This is useful for testing the graceful handling of faults/exception in
EFI platform firmware, which is implemented on x86 and arm64.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
index e0098f314570..3eca2ef64aff 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
*/
#include "lkdtm.h"
#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -817,6 +818,29 @@ static noinline void lkdtm_CORRUPT_PAC(void)
#endif
}
+static void __maybe_unused lkdtm_EFI_RUNTIME_CRASH(void)
+{
+ static unsigned long size __ro_after_init = sizeof(efi_char16_t);
+ efi_status_t status;
+
+ if (!efi.get_next_variable ||
+ !efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES) ||
+ !efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_GET_NEXT_VARIABLE_NAME)) {
+ pr_err("FAIL: EFI GetNextVariableName() is not available\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Provoke a fault by asking the firmware to write to a read-only
+ * variable.
+ */
+ status = efi.get_next_variable(&size, L"", &(efi_guid_t){});
+
+ if (status != EFI_ABORTED || efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
+ pr_err("FAIL: EFI GetNextVariable() did not abort (%#lx)\n",
+ status);
+}
+
static struct crashtype crashtypes[] = {
CRASHTYPE(PANIC),
CRASHTYPE(PANIC_STOP_IRQOFF),
@@ -850,6 +874,9 @@ static struct crashtype crashtypes[] = {
CRASHTYPE(UNSET_SMEP),
CRASHTYPE(DOUBLE_FAULT),
CRASHTYPE(CORRUPT_PAC),
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
+ CRASHTYPE(EFI_RUNTIME_CRASH),
+#endif
};
struct crashtype_category bugs_crashtypes = {
--
2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
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