linux-kernel - Re: [ 09/56] x86-32: Fix invalid stack address while in softirq

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Message-ID: <20121204135646.GE2984@herton-Z68MA-D2H-B3>
Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2012 11:56:46 -0200
From:	Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@...onical.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Yang Wei <wei.yang@...driver.com>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jun Zhang <jun.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [ 09/56] x86-32: Fix invalid stack address while in softirq

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:55:01AM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
> 
> commit 1022623842cb72ee4d0dbf02f6937f38c92c3f41 upstream.
> 
> In 32 bit the stack address provided by kernel_stack_pointer() may
> point to an invalid range causing NULL pointer access or page faults
> while in NMI (see trace below). This happens if called in softirq
> context and if the stack is empty. The address at &regs->sp is then
> out of range.
> 
> Fixing this by checking if regs and &regs->sp are in the same stack
> context. Otherwise return the previous stack pointer stored in struct
> thread_info. If that address is invalid too, return address of regs.
> 

This also makes latest 3.4.y build fail with oprofile on i386, needs
also EXPORT_SYMBOL for kernel_stack_pointer (commit
cb57a2b4cff7edf2a4e32c0163200e9434807e0a)

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Herton
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