Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:54:50 +0100 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/mm: Avoid using set_pgd() outside of real PGD pages |
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Dear Stable,
On Fri, 16 Jun 2023, tip-bot2 for Lee Jones wrote:
> The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip: > > Commit-ID: d082d48737c75d2b3cc1f972b8c8674c25131534 > Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d082d48737c75d2b3cc1f972b8c8674c25131534 > Author: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org> > AuthorDate: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:38:54 +01:00 > Committer: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> > CommitterDate: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:46:42 -07:00 > > x86/mm: Avoid using set_pgd() outside of real PGD pages > > KPTI keeps around two PGDs: one for userspace and another for the > kernel. Among other things, set_pgd() contains infrastructure to > ensure that updates to the kernel PGD are reflected in the user PGD > as well. > > One side-effect of this is that set_pgd() expects to be passed whole > pages. Unfortunately, init_trampoline_kaslr() passes in a single entry: > 'trampoline_pgd_entry'. > > When KPTI is on, set_pgd() will update 'trampoline_pgd_entry' (an > 8-Byte globally stored [.bss] variable) and will then proceed to > replicate that value into the non-existent neighboring user page > (located +4k away), leading to the corruption of other global [.bss] > stored variables. > > Fix it by directly assigning 'trampoline_pgd_entry' and avoiding > set_pgd(). > > [ dhansen: tweak subject and changelog ] > > Fixes: 0925dda5962e ("x86/mm/KASLR: Use only one PUD entry for real mode trampoline") > Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230614163859.924309-1-lee@kernel.org/g > --- > arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c > index 557f0fe..37db264 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c > @@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ void __meminit init_trampoline_kaslr(void) > set_p4d(p4d_tramp, > __p4d(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(pud_page_tramp))); > > - set_pgd(&trampoline_pgd_entry, > - __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(p4d_page_tramp))); > + trampoline_pgd_entry = > + __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(p4d_page_tramp)); > } else { > - set_pgd(&trampoline_pgd_entry, > - __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(pud_page_tramp))); > + trampoline_pgd_entry = > + __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(pud_page_tramp)); > } > }
Could we have this expedited please? There are users waiting for it.
Upstream commit is:
d082d48737c75 ("x86/mm: Avoid using set_pgd() outside of real PGD pages")
Thanks muchly.
-- Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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