linux-kernel - [PATCH V2] arm64/mm: Intercept pfn changes in set_pte

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Message-Id: <20230109052816.405335-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Date:   Mon,  9 Jan 2023 10:58:16 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, will@...nel.org,
        catalin.marinas@....com
Cc:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2] arm64/mm: Intercept pfn changes in set_pte_at()

Changing pfn on a user page table mapped entry, without first going through
break-before-make (BBM) procedure is unsafe. This just updates set_pte_at()
to intercept such changes, via an updated pgattr_change_is_safe(). This new
check happens via __check_racy_pte_update(), which has now been renamed as
__check_safe_pte_update().

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
---
This applies on v6.2-rc3. This patch had some test time on an internal CI
system without any issues being reported.

Changes in V1:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221116031001.292236-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/

 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 8 ++++++--
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c              | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index b4bbeed80fb6..832c9c8fb58f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 }
 
 extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
+bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new);
 
 /*
  * PTE bits configuration in the presence of hardware Dirty Bit Management
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
  *   PTE_DIRTY || (PTE_WRITE && !PTE_RDONLY)
  */
 
-static inline void __check_racy_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
+static inline void __check_safe_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
 					   pte_t pte)
 {
 	pte_t old_pte;
@@ -318,6 +319,9 @@ static inline void __check_racy_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
 	VM_WARN_ONCE(pte_write(old_pte) && !pte_dirty(pte),
 		     "%s: racy dirty state clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
 		     __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
+	VM_WARN_ONCE(!pgattr_change_is_safe(pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte)),
+		     "%s: unsafe attribute change: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
+		     __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
 }
 
 static inline void __set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
@@ -346,7 +350,7 @@ static inline void __set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 			mte_sync_tags(old_pte, pte);
 	}
 
-	__check_racy_pte_update(mm, ptep, pte);
+	__check_safe_pte_update(mm, ptep, pte);
 
 	set_pte(ptep, pte);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 14c87e8d69d8..a1d16b35c4f6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static phys_addr_t __init early_pgtable_alloc(int shift)
 	return phys;
 }
 
-static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new)
+bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new)
 {
 	/*
 	 * The following mapping attributes may be updated in live
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new)
 	if (old == 0 || new == 0)
 		return true;
 
+	/* If old and new ptes are valid, pfn should not change */
+	if (pte_valid(__pte(old)) && pte_valid(__pte(new))) {
+		if (pte_pfn(__pte(old)) != pte_pfn(__pte(new)))
+			return false;
+	}
+
 	/* live contiguous mappings may not be manipulated at all */
 	if ((old | new) & PTE_CONT)
 		return false;
-- 
2.25.1