From 57e2cc9abf5da38f600354fe920ff20e719607b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Hoffmann Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 16:12:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] x86/loader: only patch linux kernels If the binary loaded via -kernel is *not* a linux kernel (in which case protocol == 0), do not patch the linux kernel header fields. It's (a) pointless and (b) might break binaries by random patching and (c) changes the binary hash which in turn breaks secure boot verification. Background: OVMF happily loads and runs not only linux kernels but any efi binary via direct kernel boot. Note: Breaking the secure boot verification is a problem for linux kernels too, but fixed that is left for another day ... Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann Message-ID: <20240905141211.1253307-3-kraxel@redhat.com> --- hw/i386/x86-common.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/i386/x86-common.c b/hw/i386/x86-common.c index dc031af662..dadc9d99e7 100644 --- a/hw/i386/x86-common.c +++ b/hw/i386/x86-common.c @@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms, * kernel on the other side of the fw_cfg interface matches the hash of the * file the user passed in. */ - if (!sev_enabled()) { + if (!sev_enabled() && protocol > 0) { memcpy(setup, header, MIN(sizeof(header), setup_size)); } -- 2.30.2