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[v2,05/14] arm64: efi: remove forbidden values from the PE/COFF header

Message ID 1486554947-3964-6-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit f328ba470c9ec282d7bbcc151c8dd19fff7513c3
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Series arm64+ARM: efi: PE/COFF cleanup/hardening | expand

Commit Message

Ard Biesheuvel Feb. 8, 2017, 11:55 a.m. UTC
Bring the PE/COFF header in line with the PE/COFF spec, by setting
NumberOfSymbols to 0, and removing the section alignment flags.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

---
 arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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2.7.4

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Comments

Mark Rutland Feb. 10, 2017, 10:13 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 11:55:38AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Bring the PE/COFF header in line with the PE/COFF spec, by setting

> NumberOfSymbols to 0, and removing the section alignment flags.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>


I take it that in practice EFI implementations don't care about these?
Assuming so:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>


Otherwise, we might want to fix this first, so that we can easily
backport it.

Thanks,
Mark.

> ---

>  arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S | 6 +++---

>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

> 

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S

> index 9b24ce130afb..515624bbfcd0 100644

> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S

> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S

> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ coff_header:

>  	.short	2					// nr_sections

>  	.long	0 					// TimeDateStamp

>  	.long	0					// PointerToSymbolTable

> -	.long	1					// NumberOfSymbols

> +	.long	0					// NumberOfSymbols

>  	.short	section_table - optional_header		// SizeOfOptionalHeader

>  	.short	0x206					// Characteristics.

>  							// IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED |

> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ section_table:

>  	.long	0					// PointerToLineNumbers

>  	.short	0					// NumberOfRelocations

>  	.short	0					// NumberOfLineNumbers

> -	.long	0x42100040				// Characteristics (section flags)

> +	.long	0x42000040				// Characteristics (section flags)

>  

>  

>  	.ascii	".text"

> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ section_table:

>  	.long	0					// PointerToLineNumbers

>  	.short	0					// NumberOfRelocations

>  	.short	0					// NumberOfLineNumbers

> -	.long	0xe0500020				// Characteristics

> +	.long	0xe0000020				// Characteristics

>  

>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI

>  	/*

> -- 

> 2.7.4

> 

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Ard Biesheuvel Feb. 10, 2017, 2:31 p.m. UTC | #2
On 10 February 2017 at 10:13, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 11:55:38AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:

>> Bring the PE/COFF header in line with the PE/COFF spec, by setting

>> NumberOfSymbols to 0, and removing the section alignment flags.

>>

>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

>

> I take it that in practice EFI implementations don't care about these?


Not at all. I just spotted it when I was cleaning up the header.

> Assuming so:

>

> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

>

> Otherwise, we might want to fix this first, so that we can easily

> backport it.

>


I wouldn't bother
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S
index 9b24ce130afb..515624bbfcd0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@  coff_header:
 	.short	2					// nr_sections
 	.long	0 					// TimeDateStamp
 	.long	0					// PointerToSymbolTable
-	.long	1					// NumberOfSymbols
+	.long	0					// NumberOfSymbols
 	.short	section_table - optional_header		// SizeOfOptionalHeader
 	.short	0x206					// Characteristics.
 							// IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED |
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@  section_table:
 	.long	0					// PointerToLineNumbers
 	.short	0					// NumberOfRelocations
 	.short	0					// NumberOfLineNumbers
-	.long	0x42100040				// Characteristics (section flags)
+	.long	0x42000040				// Characteristics (section flags)
 
 
 	.ascii	".text"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@  section_table:
 	.long	0					// PointerToLineNumbers
 	.short	0					// NumberOfRelocations
 	.short	0					// NumberOfLineNumbers
-	.long	0xe0500020				// Characteristics
+	.long	0xe0000020				// Characteristics
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI
 	/*