Re: [qemu-s390x] [PATCH] s390-bios: Skip bootmap signature entries

[David Hildenbrand]

On 29.04.19 15:09, Jason J. Herne wrote:
> Newer versions of zipl have the ability to write signature entries to the boot
> script for secure boot. We don't yet support secure boot, but we need to skip
> over signature entries while reading the boot script in order to maintain our
> ability to boot guest operating systems that have a secure bootloader.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason J. Herne <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Farhan Ali <address@hidden>
> ---
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.h | 10 ++++++----
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.c
> index 7aef65a..d13b7cb 100644
> --- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.c
> +++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.c
> @@ -254,7 +254,14 @@ static void run_eckd_boot_script(block_number_t 
> bmt_block_nr,
>      memset(sec, FREE_SPACE_FILLER, sizeof(sec));
>      read_block(block_nr, sec, "Cannot read Boot Map Script");
>  
> -    for (i = 0; bms->entry[i].type == BOOT_SCRIPT_LOAD; i++) {
> +    for (i = 0; bms->entry[i].type == BOOT_SCRIPT_LOAD ||
> +                bms->entry[i].type == BOOT_SCRIPT_SIGNATURE; i++) {
> +
> +        /* We don't support secure boot yet, so we skip signature entries */
> +        if (bms->entry[i].type == BOOT_SCRIPT_SIGNATURE) {
> +            continue;
> +        }
> +
>          address = bms->entry[i].address.load_address;
>          block_nr = eckd_block_num(&bms->entry[i].blkptr.xeckd.bptr.chs);
>  
> @@ -489,7 +496,15 @@ static void zipl_run(ScsiBlockPtr *pte)
>  
>      /* Load image(s) into RAM */
>      entry = (ComponentEntry *)(&header[1]);
> -    while (entry->component_type == ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_LOAD) {
> +    while (entry->component_type == ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_LOAD ||
> +           entry->component_type == ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_SIGNATURE) {
> +
> +        /* We don't support secure boot yet, so we skip signature entries */
> +        if (entry->component_type == ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_SIGNATURE) {
> +            entry++;
> +            continue;
> +        }
> +
>          zipl_load_segment(entry);
>  
>          entry++;
> diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.h b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.h
> index a085212..94f53a5 100644
> --- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.h
> +++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/bootmap.h
> @@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ typedef struct ScsiMbr {
>  #define ZIPL_COMP_HEADER_IPL    0x00
>  #define ZIPL_COMP_HEADER_DUMP   0x01
>  
> -#define ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_LOAD    0x02
> -#define ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_EXEC    0x01
> +#define ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_EXEC      0x01
> +#define ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_LOAD      0x02
> +#define ZIPL_COMP_ENTRY_SIGNATURE 0x03
>  
>  typedef struct XEckdMbr {
>      uint8_t magic[4];   /* == "xIPL"        */
> @@ -117,8 +118,9 @@ typedef struct BootMapScriptEntry {
>      BootMapPointer blkptr;
>      uint8_t pad[7];
>      uint8_t type;   /* == BOOT_SCRIPT_* */
> -#define BOOT_SCRIPT_EXEC 0x01
> -#define BOOT_SCRIPT_LOAD 0x02
> +#define BOOT_SCRIPT_EXEC      0x01
> +#define BOOT_SCRIPT_LOAD      0x02
> +#define BOOT_SCRIPT_SIGNATURE 0x03
>      union {
>          uint64_t load_address;
>          uint64_t load_psw;
> 

Naive question from me:

Can't we place the signatures somewhere else, and instead associate them
with entries? This avoids breaking backwards compatibility for the sake
of signatures we want unmodified zipl loaders to ignore.

-- 

Thanks,

David / dhildenb