MdeModulePkg/Variable/RuntimeDxe: introduce PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize

The variable driver doesn't distinguish "non-volatile non-authenticated"
variables from "volatile non-authenticated" variables, when checking
individual variable sizes against the permitted maximum.
PcdMaxVariableSize covers both kinds.

This prevents volatile non-authenticated variables from carrying large
data between UEFI drivers, despite having no flash impact. One example is
EFI_TLS_CA_CERTIFICATE_VARIABLE, which platforms might want to create as
volatile on every boot: the certificate list can be several hundred KB in
size.

Introduce PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize to represent the limit on individual
volatile non-authenticated variables. The default value is zero, which
makes Variable/RuntimeDxe fall back to PcdMaxVariableSize (i.e. the
current behavior). This is similar to the PcdMaxAuthVariableSize fallback.

Whenever the size limit is enforced, consult MaxVolatileVariableSize as
the last option, after checking
- MaxAuthVariableSize for VARIABLE_ATTRIBUTE_AT_AW,
- and MaxVariableSize for EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE.

EFI_VARIABLE_HARDWARE_ERROR_RECORD is always handled separately; it always
takes priority over the three cases listed above.

Introduce the GetMaxVariableSize() helper to consider
PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize, in addition to
GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize(). GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize() is
currently called at three sites, and two of those need to start using
GetMaxVariableSize() instead:
- VariableServiceInitialize() [VariableSmm.c]: the SMM comms buffer must
  accommodate all kinds of variables,
- VariableCommonInitialize() [Variable.c]: the preallocated scratch space
  must also accommodate all kinds of variables,
- InitNonVolatileVariableStore() [Variable.c] can continue using
  GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize().

Don't modify the ReclaimForOS() function as it is specific to non-volatile
variables and should ignore PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize.

Cc: Eric Dong <eric.dong@intel.com>
Cc: Ruiyu Ni <ruiyu.ni@intel.com>
Cc: Star Zeng <star.zeng@intel.com>
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Lin <glin@suse.com>
Tested-by: Gary Lin <glin@suse.com>
[lersek@redhat.com: set MaxVolatileVariableSize where Star suggested]
Reviewed-by: Star Zeng <star.zeng@intel.com>

5 files changed, 58 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
index c11842b..6caf603 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
@@ -2345,12 +2345,14 @@ UpdateVariable (
         CopyMem (BufferForMerge, (UINT8 *) ((UINTN) CacheVariable->CurrPtr + DataOffset), DataSizeOfVariable (CacheVariable->CurrPtr));

 

         //

-        // Set Max Common/Auth Variable Data Size as default MaxDataSize.

+        // Set Max Auth/Non-Volatile/Volatile Variable Data Size as default MaxDataSize.

         //

         if ((Attributes & VARIABLE_ATTRIBUTE_AT_AW) != 0) {

           MaxDataSize = mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxAuthVariableSize - DataOffset;

-        } else {

+        } else if ((Attributes & EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE) != 0) {

           MaxDataSize = mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxVariableSize - DataOffset;

+        } else {

+          MaxDataSize = mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxVolatileVariableSize - DataOffset;

         }

 

         //

@@ -3218,16 +3220,20 @@ VariableServiceSetVariable (
   } else {

     //

     //  The size of the VariableName, including the Unicode Null in bytes plus

-    //  the DataSize is limited to maximum size of Max(Auth)VariableSize bytes.

+    //  the DataSize is limited to maximum size of Max(Auth|Volatile)VariableSize bytes.

     //

     if ((Attributes & VARIABLE_ATTRIBUTE_AT_AW) != 0) {

       if (StrSize (VariableName) + PayloadSize > mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxAuthVariableSize - GetVariableHeaderSize ()) {

         return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;

       }

-    } else {

+    } else if ((Attributes & EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE) != 0) {

       if (StrSize (VariableName) + PayloadSize > mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxVariableSize - GetVariableHeaderSize ()) {

         return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;

       }

+    } else {

+      if (StrSize (VariableName) + PayloadSize > mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxVolatileVariableSize - GetVariableHeaderSize ()) {

+        return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;

+      }

     }

   }

 

@@ -3399,12 +3405,14 @@ VariableServiceQueryVariableInfoInternal (
     }

 

     //

-    // Let *MaximumVariableSize be Max(Auth)VariableSize with the exception of the variable header size.

+    // Let *MaximumVariableSize be Max(Auth|Volatile)VariableSize with the exception of the variable header size.

     //

     if ((Attributes & VARIABLE_ATTRIBUTE_AT_AW) != 0) {

       *MaximumVariableSize = mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxAuthVariableSize - GetVariableHeaderSize ();

-    } else {

+    } else if ((Attributes & EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE) != 0) {

       *MaximumVariableSize = mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxVariableSize - GetVariableHeaderSize ();

+    } else {

+      *MaximumVariableSize = mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxVolatileVariableSize - GetVariableHeaderSize ();

     }

   }

 

@@ -3658,6 +3666,30 @@ GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize (
 }

 

 /**

+  Get maximum variable size, covering both non-volatile and volatile variables.

+

+  @return Maximum variable size.

+

+**/

+UINTN

+GetMaxVariableSize (

+  VOID

+  )

+{

+  UINTN MaxVariableSize;

+

+  MaxVariableSize = GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize();

+  //

+  // The condition below fails implicitly if PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize equals

+  // the default zero value.

+  //

+  if (MaxVariableSize < PcdGet32 (PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize)) {

+    MaxVariableSize = PcdGet32 (PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize);

+  }

+  return MaxVariableSize;

+}

+

+/**

   Init non-volatile variable store.

 

   @param[out] NvFvHeader        Output pointer to non-volatile FV header address.

@@ -4225,10 +4257,14 @@ VariableCommonInitialize (
     }

   }

 

+  mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxVolatileVariableSize = ((PcdGet32 (PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize) != 0) ?

+                                                    PcdGet32 (PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize) :

+                                                    mVariableModuleGlobal->MaxVariableSize

+                                                    );

   //

   // Allocate memory for volatile variable store, note that there is a scratch space to store scratch data.

   //

-  ScratchSize = GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize ();

+  ScratchSize = GetMaxVariableSize ();

   mVariableModuleGlobal->ScratchBufferSize = ScratchSize;

   VolatileVariableStore = AllocateRuntimePool (PcdGet32 (PcdVariableStoreSize) + ScratchSize);

   if (VolatileVariableStore == NULL) {

diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
index b35e8ab..938eb5d 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ typedef struct {
   UINTN           HwErrVariableTotalSize;

   UINTN           MaxVariableSize;

   UINTN           MaxAuthVariableSize;

+  UINTN           MaxVolatileVariableSize;

   UINTN           ScratchBufferSize;

   CHAR8           *PlatformLangCodes;

   CHAR8           *LangCodes;

@@ -461,6 +462,17 @@ GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize (
   );

 

 /**

+  Get maximum variable size, covering both non-volatile and volatile variables.

+

+  @return Maximum variable size.

+

+**/

+UINTN

+GetMaxVariableSize (

+  VOID

+  );

+

+/**

   Initializes variable write service after FVB was ready.

 

   @retval EFI_SUCCESS          Function successfully executed.

diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
index e840fc9..2d0a172 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdFlashNvStorageVariableBase64    ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxVariableSize                 ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxAuthVariableSize             ## CONSUMES

+  gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize         ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxHardwareErrorVariableSize    ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdVariableStoreSize               ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdHwErrStorageSize                ## CONSUMES

diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c
index 8d73b6e..e495d97 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ VariableServiceInitialize (
                     );

   ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status);

 

-  mVariableBufferPayloadSize = GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize () +

+  mVariableBufferPayloadSize = GetMaxVariableSize () +

                                OFFSET_OF (SMM_VARIABLE_COMMUNICATE_VAR_CHECK_VARIABLE_PROPERTY, Name) - GetVariableHeaderSize ();

 

   Status = gSmst->SmmAllocatePool (

diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf
index 69966f0..dbb0674 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdFlashNvStorageVariableBase64     ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxVariableSize                  ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxAuthVariableSize              ## CONSUMES

+  gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxVolatileVariableSize          ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxHardwareErrorVariableSize     ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdVariableStoreSize                ## CONSUMES

   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdHwErrStorageSize                 ## CONSUMES