[lvc-project] [PATCH v2 03/23] x86/boot: Set cr0 to known state in trampoline

Evgeniy Baskov baskov at ispras.ru
Tue Oct 25 17:12:41 MSK 2022


Ensure WP bit to be set to prevent boot code from writing to
non-writable memory pages.

Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Baskov <baskov at ispras.ru>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index d33f060900d2..2a4372b84fc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -684,9 +684,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START(trampoline_32bit_src)
 	pushl	$__KERNEL_CS
 	pushl	%eax
 
-	/* Enable paging again. */
-	movl	%cr0, %eax
-	btsl	$X86_CR0_PG_BIT, %eax
+	/* Enable paging and set CR0 to known state (this also sets WP flag) */
+	movl	$CR0_STATE, %eax
 	movl	%eax, %cr0
 
 	lret
-- 
2.37.4




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