[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen staging-4.14] xen/arm: Boot modules should always be scrubbed if bootscrub={on, idle}
commit 7053c8ea5dc88e0a3b6579d3bb61a242fcd5c499 Author: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Sat Apr 17 17:38:28 2021 +0100 Commit: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Tue Jun 8 18:36:03 2021 +0100 xen/arm: Boot modules should always be scrubbed if bootscrub={on, idle} The function to initialize the pages (see init_heap_pages()) will request scrub when the admin request idle bootscrub (default) and state == SYS_STATE_active. When bootscrub=on, Xen will scrub any free pages in heap_init_late(). Currently, the boot modules (e.g. kernels, initramfs) will be discarded/ freed after heap_init_late() is called and system_state switched to SYS_STATE_active. This means the pages associated with the boot modules will not get scrubbed before getting re-purposed. If the memory is assigned to an untrusted domU, it may be able to retrieve secrets from the modules. This is part of XSA-372 / CVE-2021-28693. Fixes: 1774e9b1df27 ("xen/arm: introduce create_domUs") Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> (cherry picked from commit fd5dc41ceaed9cfcfa011cdfd50f264c89277a90) --- xen/arch/arm/setup.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/setup.c b/xen/arch/arm/setup.c index 1f26080b30..34b1c1a11e 100644 --- a/xen/arch/arm/setup.c +++ b/xen/arch/arm/setup.c @@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ static __used void init_done(void) /* Must be done past setting system_state. */ unregister_init_virtual_region(); - discard_initial_modules(); free_init_memory(); startup_cpu_idle_loop(); } @@ -964,6 +963,12 @@ void __init start_xen(unsigned long boot_phys_offset, create_domUs(); + /* + * This needs to be called **before** heap_init_late() so modules + * will be scrubbed (unless suppressed). + */ + discard_initial_modules(); + heap_init_late(); init_trace_bufs(); -- generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#staging-4.14
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