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Re: [PATCH v5 04/21] x86, boot: Move compressed kernel to end of decompression buffer

From Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v5 04/21] x86, boot: Move compressed kernel to end of decompression buffer
Date 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
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* Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:

> When INIT_SIZE is bigger than VO_INIT_SIZE (uncommon but possible),
> the copied ZO occupies the memory from extract_offset to the end of
> decompression buffer. It overlaps with the soon-to-be-uncompressed kernel
> like this:
> 
>                             |-----compressed kernel image------|
>                             V                                  V
> 0                       extract_offset                      +INIT_SIZE
> |-----------|---------------|-------------------------|--------|
>             |               |                         |        |
>           VO__text      startup_32 of ZO          VO__end    ZO__end
>             ^                                         ^
>             |-------uncompressed kernel image---------|
> 
> When INIT_SIZE is equal to VO_INIT_SIZE (likely) there's still space
> left from end of ZO to the end of decompressing buffer, like below.
> 
>                             |-compressed kernel image-|
>                             V                         V
> 0                       extract_offset                      +INIT_SIZE
> |-----------|---------------|-------------------------|--------|
>             |               |                         |        |
>           VO__text      startup_32 of ZO          ZO__end    VO__end
>             ^                                                  ^
>             |------------uncompressed kernel image-------------|
> 
> To simplify calculations and avoid special cases, it is cleaner to
> always place the compressed kernel image in memory so that ZO__end
> is at the end of the decompression buffer, instead of placing that
> start extract_offset as is currently done.

Btw., it would be nice to also put such a visualization (of the current layout of 
these values) into the code itself.

Thanks,

	Ingo

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[PATCH v5 00/21] x86, boot: KASLR cleanup and 64-bit improvements Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 05/21] x86, boot: Calculate decompression size during boot not build Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 05/21] x86, boot: Calculate decompression size during  boot not build Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-15 10:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 05/21] x86, boot: Calculate decompression size during  boot not build Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH v5 21/21] x86, KASLR: Allow randomization below load address Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 09/21] x86, KASLR: Correctly bounds-check relocations Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 20/21] x86, KASLR: Remove unused slot tracking code Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 01/21] x86, KASLR: Remove unneeded boot_params argument Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 01/21] x86, KASLR: Remove unneeded boot_params argument Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-15 09:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 01/21] x86, KASLR: Remove unneeded boot_params argument Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 21:00 +0200
  [PATCH v5 19/21] x86, KASLR: Add physical address randomization >4G Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 13/21] x86, boot: Report overlap failures in memcpy Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 13/21] x86, boot: Report overlap failures in memcpy Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> - 2016-04-15 17:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 13/21] x86, boot: Report overlap failures in memcpy Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 21:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 02/21] x86, KASLR: Handle kernel relocation above 2G Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 02/21] x86, KASLR: Handle kernel relocation above 2G Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-15 09:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 02/21] x86, KASLR: Handle kernel relocation above 2G Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 21:10 +0200
  [PATCH v5 16/21] x86, KASLR: Add virtual address choosing function Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 15/21] x86, KASLR: Add slot_area support functions Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 04/21] x86, boot: Move compressed kernel to end of decompression buffer Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 04/21] x86, boot: Move compressed kernel to end of  decompression buffer Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-15 10:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 04/21] x86, boot: Move compressed kernel to end of  decompression buffer Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-18 19:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 04/21] x86, boot: Move compressed kernel to end of  decompression buffer Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
  [PATCH v5 12/21] x86, 64bit: Set ident_mapping for KASLR Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 08/21] x86, KASLR: Clean up unused code from old run_size Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 14/21] x86, KASLR: Add slot_area to manage random slots Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 17/21] x86, KASLR: Clarify purpose of each get_random_long Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 11/21] x86, boot: Split out kernel_ident_mapping_init Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 10/21] x86, KASLR: Consolidate mem_avoid entries Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 03/21] x86, KASLR: Drop CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 03/21] x86, KASLR: Drop  CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-15 10:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 03/21] x86, KASLR: Drop CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 21:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v5 03/21] x86, KASLR: Drop  CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-16 10:50 +0200
  [PATCH v5 06/21] x86, KASLR: Update description for decompressor worst case size Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 06/21] x86, KASLR: Update description for  decompressor worst case size Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> - 2016-04-15 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH v5 07/21] x86, boot: Fix run_size calculation Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 07/21] x86, boot: Fix run_size calculation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-15 10:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 07/21] x86, boot: Fix run_size calculation Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-04-15 21:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v5 07/21] x86, boot: Fix run_size calculation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-16 11:10 +0200

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