[PATCH v4 1/3] efi/loongarch: Randomize kernel preferred address for KASLR

WANG Rui <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:02:58 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-efi,dev.linux.lists.loongarch,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Introduce efi_get_kimg_kaslr_address() to compute the preferred
kernel image address dynamically when CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is
enabled. The function derives a random offset using EFI-provided
randomness combined with the timer value, and constrains it within
CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET.

Update EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS to call this helper so that the
EFI stub can select a randomized load address when KASLR is active,
while preserving the original base address behavior when KASLR is
disabled or nokaslr is specified.

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: WANG Rui <[email protected]>
---
 arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h         |  4 +++-
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h
index eddc8e79b3fa..f831320efd41 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static inline unsigned long efi_get_kimg_min_align(void)
 	return SZ_2M;
 }
 
-#define EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS	PHYSADDR(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS)
+unsigned long efi_get_kimg_kaslr_address(void);
+
+#define EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS	efi_get_kimg_kaslr_address()
 
 #endif /* _ASM_LOONGARCH_EFI_H */
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c
index 9825f5218137..51997a0e83bd 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch.c
@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ static efi_status_t exit_boot_func(struct efi_boot_memmap *map, void *priv)
 	return EFI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+unsigned long efi_get_kimg_kaslr_address(void)
+{
+	unsigned int random_offset = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
+	if (!efi_nokaslr) {
+		efi_get_random_bytes(sizeof(random_offset), (u8 *)&random_offset);
+		random_offset ^= (random_get_entropy() << 16);
+		random_offset &= (CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET - 1);
+		random_offset = ALIGN(random_offset + SZ_64K, SZ_64K);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return PHYSADDR(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS) + random_offset;
+}
+
 unsigned long __weak kernel_entry_address(unsigned long kernel_addr,
 		efi_loaded_image_t *image)
 {
-- 
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