linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: Cortex-A53 errata workaround: check for kernel addresses

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Message-ID: <20161018130047.GC15639@leverpostej>
Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:00:47 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: Cortex-A53 errata workaround: check for kernel
 addresses

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:16:27PM +0100, Andre Przywara wrote:
> Commit 7dd01aef0557 ("arm64: trap userspace "dc cvau" cache operation on
> errata-affected core") adds code to execute cache maintenance instructions
> in the kernel on behalf of userland on CPUs with certain ARM CPU errata.
> It turns out that the address hasn't been checked to be a valid user
> space address, allowing userland to clean cache lines in kernel space.
> Fix this by introducing an access_ok() check before executing the
> instructions on behalf of userland, taking care of tagged pointers on
> the way.

It would be worth calling out why we need access_ok_tagged here (i.e.
since this is not a syscall, the tag bits may validly be set, and we
must mask them out to check the "real" address).

> Reported-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 4.8.x

It would be good to have an explicit:

Fixes: 7dd01aef0557 ("arm64: trap userspace "dc cvau" cache operation on errata-affected core")

> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h |  4 ++++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c        | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
> index bcaf6fb..f842b47 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
>  /*
>   * User space memory access functions
>   */
> +#include <linux/bitops.h>
>  #include <linux/kasan-checks.h>
>  #include <linux/string.h>
>  #include <linux/thread_info.h>
> @@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ static inline void set_fs(mm_segment_t fs)
>  })
>  
>  #define access_ok(type, addr, size)	__range_ok(addr, size)
> +#define access_ok_tagged(type, addr, size)  access_ok(type,		       \
> +						      sign_extend64(addr, 55), \
> +						      size)
>  #define user_addr_max			get_fs
>  
>  #define _ASM_EXTABLE(from, to)						\
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> index 5ff020f..04ea0d7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -447,6 +447,30 @@ void cpu_enable_cache_maint_trap(void *__unused)
>  		: "=r" (res)					\
>  		: "r" (address), "i" (-EFAULT) )
>  
> +enum {USER_CACHE_MAINT_DC_CIVAC, USER_CACHE_MAINT_IC_IVAU};
> +
> +static int do_user_cache_maint(int ins_type, unsigned long address)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	unsigned long cl_size = cache_line_size();
> +
> +	if (!access_ok_tagged(VERIFY_READ,
> +			      round_down(address, cl_size),
> +			      cl_size))
> +		return -EFAULT;

We're only checking the D$ line size here; the I$ is not reported by
cache_line_size().

We may as well use PAGE_SIZE here, given cache lines have to be
naturally aligned and permissions are at page granularity. There's no
functional difference, but the value can't change under our feet, and
the compiler may be able to better optimize by folding the contant in.

> +
> +	switch (ins_type) {
> +	case USER_CACHE_MAINT_DC_CIVAC:
> +		__user_cache_maint("dc civac", address, ret);
> +		break;
> +	case USER_CACHE_MAINT_IC_IVAU:
> +		__user_cache_maint("ic ivau", address, ret);
> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}

We could make this function a macro (passing in the instruction
explicitly), and avoid the enum and switch.

Other than that, this looks good to me.

Thanks,
Mark.

> +
>  static void user_cache_maint_handler(unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
>  	unsigned long address;
> @@ -458,16 +482,16 @@ static void user_cache_maint_handler(unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  
>  	switch (crm) {
>  	case ESR_ELx_SYS64_ISS_CRM_DC_CVAU:	/* DC CVAU, gets promoted */
> -		__user_cache_maint("dc civac", address, ret);
> +		ret = do_user_cache_maint(USER_CACHE_MAINT_DC_CIVAC, address);
>  		break;
>  	case ESR_ELx_SYS64_ISS_CRM_DC_CVAC:	/* DC CVAC, gets promoted */
> -		__user_cache_maint("dc civac", address, ret);
> +		ret = do_user_cache_maint(USER_CACHE_MAINT_DC_CIVAC, address);
>  		break;
>  	case ESR_ELx_SYS64_ISS_CRM_DC_CIVAC:	/* DC CIVAC */
> -		__user_cache_maint("dc civac", address, ret);
> +		ret = do_user_cache_maint(USER_CACHE_MAINT_DC_CIVAC, address);
>  		break;
>  	case ESR_ELx_SYS64_ISS_CRM_IC_IVAU:	/* IC IVAU */
> -		__user_cache_maint("ic ivau", address, ret);
> +		ret = do_user_cache_maint(USER_CACHE_MAINT_IC_IVAU, address);
>  		break;
>  	default:
>  		force_signal_inject(SIGILL, ILL_ILLOPC, regs, 0);
> -- 
> 2.9.0
> 
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