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DateWed, 14 Nov 2007 22:09:52 -0800
FromGreg KH <>
Subject[patch 11/13] Fix compat futex hangs.
-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[FUTEX]: Fix address computation in compat code.

[ Upstream commit: 3c5fd9c77d609b51c0bab682c9d40cbb496ec6f1 ]

compat_exit_robust_list() computes a pointer to the
futex entry in userspace as follows:

	(void __user *)entry + futex_offset

'entry' is a 'struct robust_list __user *', and
'futex_offset' is a 'compat_long_t' (typically a 's32').

Things explode if the 32-bit sign bit is set in futex_offset.

Type promotion sign extends futex_offset to a 64-bit value before
adding it to 'entry'.

This triggered a problem on sparc64 running 32-bit applications which
would lock up a cpu looping forever in the fault handling for the
userspace load in handle_futex_death().

Compat userspace runs with address masking (wherein the cpu zeros out
the top 32-bits of every effective address given to a memory operation
instruction) so the sparc64 fault handler accounts for this by
zero'ing out the top 32-bits of the fault address too.

Since the kernel properly uses the compat_uptr interfaces, kernel side
accesses to compat userspace work too since they will only use
addresses with the top 32-bit clear.

Because of this compat futex layer bug we get into the following loop
when executing the get_user() load near the top of handle_futex_death():

1) load from address '0xfffffffff7f16bd8', FAULT
2) fault handler clears upper 32-bits, processes fault
   for address '0xf7f16bd8' which succeeds
3) goto #1
I want to thank Bernd Zeimetz, Josip Rodin, and Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
for their tireless efforts helping me track down this bug.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 kernel/futex_compat.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/futex_compat.c
+++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ fetch_robust_entry(compat_uptr_t *uentry
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void __user *futex_uaddr(struct robust_list *entry,
+				compat_long_t futex_offset)
+{
+	compat_uptr_t base = ptr_to_compat(entry);
+	void __user *uaddr = compat_ptr(base + futex_offset);
+
+	return uaddr;
+}
+
 /*
  * Walk curr->robust_list (very carefully, it's a userspace list!)
  * and mark any locks found there dead, and notify any waiters.
@@ -75,11 +84,13 @@ void compat_exit_robust_list(struct task
 		 * A pending lock might already be on the list, so
 		 * dont process it twice:
 		 */
-		if (entry != pending)
-			if (handle_futex_death((void __user *)entry + futex_offset,
-						curr, pi))
-				return;
+		if (entry != pending) {
+			void __user *uaddr = futex_uaddr(entry,
+							 futex_offset);
 
+			if (handle_futex_death(uaddr, curr, pi))
+				return;
+		}
 		if (rc)
 			return;
 		uentry = next_uentry;
@@ -93,9 +104,11 @@ void compat_exit_robust_list(struct task
 
 		cond_resched();
 	}
-	if (pending)
-		handle_futex_death((void __user *)pending + futex_offset,
-				   curr, pip);
+	if (pending) {
+		void __user *uaddr = futex_uaddr(pending, futex_offset);
+
+		handle_futex_death(uaddr, curr, pip);
+	}
 }
 
 asmlinkage long
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