Blame SOURCES/0272-loader-arm64-linux-Remove-magic-number-header-field-.patch

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From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:51:57 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] loader/arm64/linux: Remove magic number header field check
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The "ARM\x64" magic number in the file header identifies an image as one
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that implements the bare metal boot protocol, allowing the loader to
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simply move the file to a suitably aligned address in memory, with
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sufficient headroom for the trailing .bss segment (the required memory
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size is described in the header as well).
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Note of this matters for GRUB, as it only supports EFI boot. EFI does
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not care about this magic number, and nor should GRUB: this prevents us
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from booting other PE linux images, such as the generic EFI zboot
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decompressor, which is a pure PE/COFF image, and does not implement the
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bare metal boot protocol.
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So drop the magic number check.
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Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
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Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
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Resolves: rhbz#2125069
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Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jlinton@redhat.com>
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(cherry-picked from commit 69edb31205602c29293a8c6e67363bba2a4a1e66)
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Signed-off-by: Robbie Harwood <rharwood@redhat.com>
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---
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 grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c | 3 ---
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 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c b/grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c
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index de85583487..489d0c7173 100644
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--- a/grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c
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+++ b/grub-core/loader/arm64/linux.c
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@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ static grub_addr_t initrd_end;
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 grub_err_t
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 grub_arch_efi_linux_check_image (struct linux_arch_kernel_header * lh)
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 {
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-  if (lh->magic != GRUB_LINUX_ARMXX_MAGIC_SIGNATURE)
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-    return grub_error(GRUB_ERR_BAD_OS, "invalid magic number");
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-
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   if ((lh->code0 & 0xffff) != GRUB_DOS_MAGIC)
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     return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_YET,
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 		       N_("plain image kernel not supported - rebuild with CONFIG_(U)EFI_STUB enabled"));