Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/sev: enforce RIP-relative accesses in early SEV/SME code

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Wed Jan 31 2024 - 03:20:54 EST


On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 10:08:44PM +0000, Kevin Loughlin wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
> index 359ada486fa9..b65e66ee79c4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,20 @@
>
> #include <asm/bootparam.h>
>
> +/*
> + * Like the address operator "&", evaluates to the address of a LHS variable
> + * "var", but also enforces the use of RIP-relative logic. This macro can be
> + * used to safely access global data variables prior to kernel relocation.
> + */
> +#define RIP_RELATIVE_ADDR(var) \
> +({ \
> + void *rip_rel_ptr; \
> + asm ("lea "#var"(%%rip), %0" \
> + : "=r" (rip_rel_ptr) \
> + : "p" (&var)); \
> + rip_rel_ptr; \
> +})
> +

I don't think it is the right place for the macro. The next patch uses for
things unrelated to memory encryption.

> @@ -239,14 +244,14 @@ unsigned long __head __startup_64(unsigned long physaddr,
> */
>
> next_pgt_ptr = fixup_pointer(&next_early_pgt, physaddr);
> - pud = fixup_pointer(early_dynamic_pgts[(*next_pgt_ptr)++], physaddr);
> - pmd = fixup_pointer(early_dynamic_pgts[(*next_pgt_ptr)++], physaddr);
> + early_dynamic_pgts_ptr = fixup_pointer(early_dynamic_pgts, physaddr);
> + pud = (pudval_t *) early_dynamic_pgts_ptr[(*next_pgt_ptr)++];
> + pmd = (pmdval_t *) early_dynamic_pgts_ptr[(*next_pgt_ptr)++];
>

This change doesn't belong to this patch. Maybe move it into the next
patch and combine with removing fixup_pointer().

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Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov