livepatch: Always check hypervisor build ID upon livepatch upload

This change is part of a independant stacked livepatch modules
feature. This feature allows to bypass dependencies between modules
upon loading, but still verifies Xen build ID matching.

In order to prevent (up)loading any livepatches built for different
hypervisor version as indicated by the Xen Build ID, add checking for
the payload's vs Xen's build id match.

To achieve that embed into every livepatch another section with a
dedicated hypervisor build id in it. After the payload is loaded and
the .livepatch.xen_depends section becomes available, perform the
check and reject the payload if there is no match.

Signed-off-by: Pawel Wieczorkiewicz <wipawel@amazon.de>
Reviewed-by: Andra-Irina Paraschiv <andraprs@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Bjoern Doebel <doebel@amazon.de>
Reviewed-by: Eslam Elnikety <elnikety@amazon.de>
Reviewed-by: Martin Pohlack <mpohlack@amazon.de>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@citrix.com>
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@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ like what the Linux kernel module loader does.
The payload contains at least three sections:
* `.livepatch.funcs` - which is an array of livepatch_func structures.
* `.livepatch.xen_depends` - which is an ELF Note that describes what Xen
build-id the payload depends on. **MUST** have one.
* `.livepatch.depends` - which is an ELF Note that describes what the payload
depends on. **MUST** have one.
* `.note.gnu.build-id` - the build-id of this payload. **MUST** have one.
@@ -383,16 +385,16 @@ The type definition of the function are as follow:
typedef void (*livepatch_loadcall_t)(void);
typedef void (*livepatch_unloadcall_t)(void);
### .livepatch.depends and .note.gnu.build-id
### .livepatch.xen_depends, .livepatch.depends and .note.gnu.build-id
To support dependencies checking and safe loading (to load the
appropiate payload against the right hypervisor) there is a need
to embbed an build-id dependency.
This is done by the payload containing an section `.livepatch.depends`
which follows the format of an ELF Note. The contents of this
(name, and description) are specific to the linker utilized to
build the hypevisor and payload.
This is done by the payload containing sections `.livepatch.xen_depends`
and `.livepatch.depends` which follow the format of an ELF Note.
The contents of these (name, and description) are specific to the linker
utilized to build the hypevisor and payload.
If GNU linker is used then the name is `GNU` and the description
is a NT_GNU_BUILD_ID type ID. The description can be an SHA1
@@ -400,6 +402,13 @@ checksum, MD5 checksum or any unique value.
The size of these structures varies with the `--build-id` linker option.
There are two kinds of build-id dependencies:
* Xen build-id dependency (.livepatch.xen_depends section)
* previous payload build-id dependency (.livepatch.depends section)
See "Live patch interdependencies" for more information.
## Hypercalls
We will employ the sub operations of the system management hypercall (sysctl).
@@ -894,13 +903,16 @@ but is more complex to implement.
The second option which requires an build-id of the hypervisor
is implemented in the Xen hypervisor.
Specifically each payload has two build-id ELF notes:
Specifically each payload has three build-id ELF notes:
* The build-id of the payload itself (generated via --build-id).
* The build-id of the Xen hypervisor it depends on (extracted from the
hypervisor during build time).
* The build-id of the payload it depends on (extracted from the
the previous payload or hypervisor during build time).
This means that the very first payload depends on the hypervisor
build-id.
This means that every payload depends on the hypervisor build-id and on
the build-id of the previous payload in the stack.
The very first payload depends on the hypervisor build-id only.
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