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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] Map initrd as encrypted when relocating if SME is enabled
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On 11/24/22 03:12, Zelin Deng wrote:
> I found an issue on SME enabled AMD machine when initrd is relocated if
> it was located in e820 reserved area.
> For example key dmesg output:
> ...
> [mem 0x000000005aafe000-0x000000006005ffff] reserved //e820 mapping
> Move RAMDISK from [mem 0x5aafe000-0x5ccd5167] //relocate_initrd()
> ...
>
> Early initrd will be copied by copy_from_early_mem() which will clear
> encrypted pgprot flag as initrd source address is not in kernel usable
> area. As initrd has been encrypted at earlier stage, encrypted data is
> copied, which leads new initrd cannot be unpacked, then rootfs cannot be
> mounted.

This is actually a bug in Grub where the kernel and initrd was moved out
of loader_code/data and into runtime_service_code/data. This commit has
since been reverted because it goes against the UEFI specification. It was
a small window, but the bad version was picked up by some distros. No need
for a kernel change, please update your version of Grub.

Thanks,
Tom

> dmesg output:
> ...
> [ 11.296725] Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
> [ 11.302127] Initramfs unpacking failed: invalid magic at start of compressed archive
> ...
> [ 16.698152] /dev/root: Can't open blockdev
> [ 16.702255] VFS: Cannot open root device "PARTUUID=0ad58d87-05c7-43f8-b147-93140ad315e5" or unknown-block(0,0): error -6
> [ 16.713114] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
> [ 16.721462] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
> [ 16.729716] CPU: 9 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-next-20221114 #3
> [ 16.737099] Hardware name: AMD Corporation DAYTONA_X/DAYTONA_X, BIOS RYM1008B 01/19/2022
> [ 16.745175] Call Trace:
> [ 16.747623] <TASK>
> [ 16.749727] dump_stack_lvl+0x38/0x4c
> [ 16.753393] panic+0xfb/0x28a
> [ 16.771999] ? _printk+0x4c/0x52
> [ 16.775224] mount_block_root+0x143/0x1dd
> [ 16.779237] prepare_namespace+0x13f/0x16e
> [ 16.783334] kernel_init_freeable+0x15a/0x164
> [ 16.787687] ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10
> [ 16.791785] kernel_init+0x1a/0x130
> [ 16.795268] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
> [ 16.798840] </TASK>
>
> To fix this issue, early initrd must be mapped as encrypted when it is
> being relocated.
>
> Zelin Deng (2):
> mm/early_ioremap.c: Always build early_memremap_prot() in x86
> x86/setup: Preserve _ENC flag when initrd is being relocated
>
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> include/asm-generic/early_ioremap.h | 6 ------
> mm/early_ioremap.c | 21 --------------------
> 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>

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