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x86/boot: Fix page table access in 5-level to 4-level paging transition
authorUsama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
Mon, 3 Nov 2025 14:09:22 +0000 (14:09 +0000)
committerBorislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Wed, 5 Nov 2025 16:19:11 +0000 (17:19 +0100)
When transitioning from 5-level to 4-level paging, the existing code
incorrectly accesses page table entries by directly dereferencing CR3 and
applying PAGE_MASK. This approach has several issues:

- __native_read_cr3() returns the raw CR3 register value, which on x86_64
  includes not just the physical address but also flags. Bits above the
  physical address width of the system i.e. above __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT) are
  also not masked.

- The PGD entry is masked by PAGE_SIZE which doesn't take into account the
  higher bits such as _PAGE_BIT_NOPTISHADOW.

Replace this with proper accessor functions:

- native_read_cr3_pa(): Uses CR3_ADDR_MASK to additionally mask metadata out
  of CR3 (like SME or LAM bits). All remaining bits are real address bits or
  reserved and must be 0.

- mask pgd value with PTE_PFN_MASK instead of PAGE_MASK, accounting for flags
  above bit 51 (_PAGE_BIT_NOPTISHADOW in particular). Bits below 51, but above
  the max physical address are reserved and must be 0.

Fixes: e9d0e6330eb8 ("x86/boot/compressed/64: Prepare new top-level page table for trampoline")
Reported-by: Michael van der Westhuizen <rmikey@meta.com>
Reported-by: Tobias Fleig <tfleig@meta.com>
Co-developed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a482fd68-ce54-472d-8df1-33d6ac9f6bb5@intel.com
arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c

index bdd26050dff77350bba855a9ee62c817e041e767..0e89e197e11264af02932517d03fcadcaf711c16 100644 (file)
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <asm/bootparam.h>
 #include <asm/bootparam_utils.h>
 #include <asm/e820/types.h>
+#include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include "../string.h"
 #include "efi.h"
@@ -168,9 +169,10 @@ asmlinkage void configure_5level_paging(struct boot_params *bp, void *pgtable)
                 * For 4- to 5-level paging transition, set up current CR3 as
                 * the first and the only entry in a new top-level page table.
                 */
-               *trampoline_32bit = __native_read_cr3() | _PAGE_TABLE_NOENC;
+               *trampoline_32bit = native_read_cr3_pa() | _PAGE_TABLE_NOENC;
        } else {
-               unsigned long src;
+               u64 *new_cr3;
+               pgd_t *pgdp;
 
                /*
                 * For 5- to 4-level paging transition, copy page table pointed
@@ -180,8 +182,9 @@ asmlinkage void configure_5level_paging(struct boot_params *bp, void *pgtable)
                 * We cannot just point to the page table from trampoline as it
                 * may be above 4G.
                 */
-               src = *(unsigned long *)__native_read_cr3() & PAGE_MASK;
-               memcpy(trampoline_32bit, (void *)src, PAGE_SIZE);
+               pgdp = (pgd_t *)native_read_cr3_pa();
+               new_cr3 = (u64 *)(native_pgd_val(pgdp[0]) & PTE_PFN_MASK);
+               memcpy(trampoline_32bit, new_cr3, PAGE_SIZE);
        }
 
        toggle_la57(trampoline_32bit);