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Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] efi: Only print errors about failing to get
 certs if EFI vars are found
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
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Cc:     linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
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        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>,
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On 17.02.20 12:39, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> If CONFIG_LOAD_UEFI_KEYS is enabled, the kernel attempts to load the ce=
rts
> from the db, dbx and MokListRT EFI variables into the appropriate keyri=
ngs.
>=20
> But it just assumes that the variables will be present and prints an er=
ror
> if the certs can't be loaded, even when is possible that the variables =
may
> not exist. For example the MokListRT variable will only be present if s=
him
> is used.
>=20
> So only print an error message about failing to get the certs list from=
 an
> EFI variable if this is found. Otherwise these printed errors just poll=
ute
> the kernel log ring buffer with confusing messages like the following:
>=20
> [    5.427251] Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
> [    5.427261] MODSIGN: Couldn't get UEFI db list
> [    5.428012] Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
> [    5.428023] Couldn't get UEFI MokListRT
>=20
> Reported-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
> Tested-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>

This patch seems to break a very basic x86-64 QEMU setup (booting
upstream kernel with a F31 initrd - are you running basic boot tests?).
Luckily, it only took me 5 minutes to identify this patch. Reverting
this patch from linux-next fixes it for me.


[    1.042766] Loaded X.509 cert 'Build time autogenerated kernel key: 66=
25d6e34255935276d2c9851e2458909a4bcd69'
[    1.044314] zswap: loaded using pool lzo/zbud
[    1.045663] Key type ._fscrypt registered
[    1.046154] Key type .fscrypt registered
[    1.046524] Key type fscrypt-provisioning registered
[    1.051178] Key type big_key registered
[    1.055108] Key type encrypted registered
[    1.055513] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000=
00000
[    1.056172] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
[    1.056706] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
[    1.057367] PGD 0 P4D 0=20
[    1.057729] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[    1.058249] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.6.0-rc3-next-2=
0200228+ #79
[    1.059167] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIO=
S rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.4
[    1.060230] RIP: 0010:0x0
[    1.060478] Code: Bad RIP value.
[    1.060786] RSP: 0018:ffffbc7880637d98 EFLAGS: 00010246
[    1.061281] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffbc788=
0637dc8
[    1.061954] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffbc7880637df0 RDI: ffffffffa=
73c40be
[    1.062611] RBP: ffffbc7880637e20 R08: ffffbc7880637dac R09: ffffa0238=
f4ba6c0
[    1.063278] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 000000000=
0000000
[    1.063956] R13: ffffa024bdd6f660 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000000000=
0000000
[    1.064609] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa023fdd00000(0000) knlG=
S:0000000000000000
[    1.065360] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    1.065900] CR2: ffffffffffffffd6 CR3: 00000000b1610000 CR4: 000000000=
00006e0
[    1.066562] Call Trace:
[    1.066803]  load_uefi_certs+0xc8/0x2bb
[    1.067171]  ? get_cert_list+0xfb/0xfb
[    1.067523]  do_one_initcall+0x5d/0x2f0
[    1.067894]  ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x52/0x80
[    1.068337]  kernel_init_freeable+0x243/0x2c2
[    1.068751]  ? rest_init+0x23a/0x23a
[    1.069095]  kernel_init+0xa/0x106
[    1.069416]  ret_from_fork+0x27/0x50
[    1.069759] Modules linked in:
[    1.070050] CR2: 0000000000000000
[    1.070361] ---[ end trace fcce9bb4feb21d99 ]---


--=20
Thanks,

David / dhildenb