linux-kernel - [tip: x86/mm] x86/fault: Cast an argument to the proper address space in prefetch()

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Date:   Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:29:47 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Lukas Bulwahn" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/mm] x86/fault: Cast an argument to the proper address space
 in prefetch()

The following commit has been merged into the x86/mm branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     944fad4583bc8a6d7dd80fbe39db50141da95793
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/944fad4583bc8a6d7dd80fbe39db50141da95793
Author:        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:40:55 +01:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:08:26 +02:00

x86/fault: Cast an argument to the proper address space in prefetch()

Commit in Fixes uses accessors based on the access mode, i.e., it
distinguishes its access if instr carries a user address or a kernel
address.

Since that commit, sparse complains about passing an argument without
__user annotation to get_user(), which expects a pointer of the __user
address space:

  arch/x86/mm/fault.c:152:29: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
  arch/x86/mm/fault.c:152:29:    expected void const volatile [noderef] __user *ptr
  arch/x86/mm/fault.c:152:29:    got unsigned char *[assigned] instr

Cast instr to __user when accessing user memory.

No functional change. No change in the generated object code.

  [ bp: Simplify commit message. ]

Fixes: 35f1c89b0cce ("x86/fault: Fix AMD erratum #91 errata fixup for user code")
Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220201144055.5670-1-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com
---
 arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index d0074c6..fad8faa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ is_prefetch(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, unsigned long addr)
 		unsigned char opcode;
 
 		if (user_mode(regs)) {
-			if (get_user(opcode, instr))
+			if (get_user(opcode, (unsigned char __user *) instr))
 				break;
 		} else {
 			if (get_kernel_nofault(opcode, instr))