From: WANG Rui <r@hev.cc>
To: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: WANG Xuerui <kernel@xen0n.name>,
Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
Haiyong Sun <sunhaiyong@loongson.cn>,
Lisa Robinson <lisa@bytefly.space>,
loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, WANG Rui <r@hev.cc>,
Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v5 2/3] LoongArch: Skip relocation-time KASLR if already applied
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 18:45:54 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260511104555.196270-3-r@hev.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260511104555.196270-1-r@hev.cc>
When the kernel is relocated during early boot (efistub or kexec_file),
a randomized load address may has already been selected and applied. In
this case, performing KASLR again in relocate.c is unnecessary.
Note: strictly-defined KASLR means the kernel's final runtime address
has a random offset from the kernel's load address, which is implemented
in relocate.c; broadly-defined KALSR means the kernel's final runtime
address has a random offset from the kernel's link address (a.k.a.
VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS), which also include the efistlub implementation,
kexec_file implementation and QEMU direct kernel boot. kaslr_disabled()
return true only means strictly-defined KASLR is disabled.
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Co-authored-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: WANG Rui <r@hev.cc>
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
---
arch/loongarch/kernel/relocate.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/relocate.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/relocate.c
index 16f6a9b39659..0a045964fad5 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/relocate.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/relocate.c
@@ -134,11 +134,23 @@ early_param("nokaslr", nokaslr);
#define KASLR_DISABLED_MESSAGE "KASLR is disabled by %s in %s cmdline.\n"
+/*
+ * Note: strictly-defined KASLR means the kernel's final runtime address
+ * has a random offset from the kernel's load address, which is implemented
+ * in relocate.c; broadly-defined KALSR means the kernel's final runtime
+ * address has a random offset from the kernel's link address (a.k.a.
+ * VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS), which also include the efistlub implementation,
+ * kexec_file implementation and QEMU direct kernel boot. kaslr_disabled()
+ * return true only means strictly-defined KASLR is disabled.
+ */
static inline __init bool kaslr_disabled(void)
{
char *str;
const char *builtin_cmdline = CONFIG_CMDLINE;
+ if (kaslr_offset())
+ return true; /* KASLR is performed during early boot. */
+
str = strstr(builtin_cmdline, "nokaslr");
if (str == builtin_cmdline || (str > builtin_cmdline && *(str - 1) == ' ')) {
pr_info(KASLR_DISABLED_MESSAGE, "\'nokaslr\'", "built-in");
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-11 10:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-11 10:45 [PATCH v5 0/3] LoongArch: Move KASLR to EFI stub to avoid initrd overlap WANG Rui
2026-05-11 10:45 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] efi/loongarch: Randomize kernel preferred address for KASLR WANG Rui
2026-05-11 10:45 ` WANG Rui [this message]
2026-05-11 10:45 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] LoongArch: Avoid initrd overlap during kernel relocation WANG Rui
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