Re: [PATCH qemu] x86: don't let decompressed kernel image clobber setup_data

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 05:06:55PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> This needs to be something like:
> 
> kernel_add_identity_map(sd_addr, sd_addr + sizeof(*sd));
> kernel_add_identity_map(sd_addr + sizeof(*sd),
>       sd_addr + sizeof(*sd) + sd->len);

It still #PFs with that:

(gdb) bt
#0  0xffffffff84738576 in native_halt () at ./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:57
#1  halt () at ./arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:98
#2  early_fixup_exception (regs=regs@entry=0xffffffff84007dc8, 
trapnr=trapnr@entry=14) at arch/x86/mm/extable.c:340
#3  0xffffffff846ff465 in do_early_exception (regs=0xffffffff84007dc8, 
trapnr=14) at arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:424
#4  0xffffffff846ff14f in early_idt_handler_common () at 
arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S:483
#5  0xc149f9894908788d in ?? ()
#6  0xffffffffff2003fc in ?? ()
#7  0x0000000000000010 in fixed_percpu_data ()
#8  0xdffffc0000000000 in ?? ()
#9  0xffffffff84007ea8 in init_thread_union ()
#10 0xffffffffff20088d in ?? ()
#11 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

/me goes to dig more.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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